NUFORC Sighting 14083

Occurred: 2000-09-09 03:30 Local
Reported: 2000-09-11 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 3mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Mount Laurel, NJ, USA

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

Heading north when blinding flash occured which was followed by a golf ball sized fireball.

I was heading north after crossing state highway 38 witch runs west to east.The time was approximately 3:30am. At this time an extremely bright white light filled my entire sight, bright enough so I could see shadows from the trees around me. The flash lasted 3 secs .I then looked up and saw a white-gold-yellowish looking ball, follewed by a blue tail.It also had what looked like smoke folowing the tail.The head was the size of a golfball.I saw this object for about a minute.It was moving south to north directly above my car.On the local news the following night, there were reports of a similar object over Delaware and Pennsylvania.



NUFORC Note:

Many reports were received by the Franklin Institute/Observatory in Philadelphia and by news agenicies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Some witnesses in the Philadelphia area reported that the object had "corners," and that it stopped and was motionless in the sky for several seconds. We cannot confirm those reports yet. PD


Posted 2000-09-17

© 2023 National UFO Reporting Center. All rights reserved. Use or reproduction within any application without written consent is prohibited.