NUFORC Sighting 07933

Occurred: 1997-09-15 20:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 1999-06-05 00:00 Pacific
Duration: Approx.30sec.
No of observers: 2

Location: Salem, OR, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

We saw a bright green object that looked like a comet or shooting star but it moved very slowly.

My wife and I were driving East on State St. Between Lancaster Dr. Cordon Rd. When suddenly from no where appeard in front of us a bright green light. It appeared to be falling and had a tail that you would expect to see on a fast moving burning object, but was desending very slowly as if it had no wieght what so ever. It looked as if it decended into the Cascade Mountains somewhere. It was nearly Impossible to judge the distance to this thing It could have been a couple of miles away or it could have been a couple of hundred miles away. One reason I desided to report this now is that I noticed that some one in the Dallas,Or. Reported something that sounded very similar on 10/18/98

Posted 1999-06-23