NUFORC Sighting 119969

Occurred: 2015-07-02 21:10 Local
Reported: 2015-07-02 18:57 Pacific
Duration: 2 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Midland, NC, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Green fireball.

Witnessed an unusually bright meteor that may have actually made it to the ground. It was coming straight down 90 degrees from my location. I saw from about a 50 degree inclination all the way down to the horizon. It maintained a dark green glow all the way down.

It was still dusk the sky has been very smokey here for the last couple of days and a nearly full moon had just risen just a few degrees from where I saw it. These factors that would made visibility difficult are the reason I felt this would be worth making a note of and at any other time of night this fireball would have been bright enough to cast shadows on the ground.

Posted 2015-07-03