NUFORC Sighting 57722

Occurred: 2007-07-18 21:00 Local
Reported: 2007-07-18 21:33 Pacific
Duration: 2 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Shape: Unknown

satellite looked like it was fired upon/ near miss meteor?

Sighted what I thought was a satellite, but seemed late in the eve-unless it was in high trajegtory/almost straight-up zenith it was , when what looked like it was fired upon> a quick blueish-white fireball shot accross its path, the satellite continued downrange south for another 10-12 sec then disappeared from view, I got the impression someone playing target practice, the odds of a meteor crossing at 90 degrees with a satellite-in such a small region of the sky seems impossible- area was a thumb nail @ arms length,- I live in north phnx, have observation deck with a unobstructed view of the eastern hemisphere

Posted 2007-08-07