NUFORC Sighting 92495

Occurred: 2011-06-01 14:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-09-04 17:56 Pacific
Duration: several minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Chatham (Canada), ON, Canada

Shape: Other

I seen endless rainbows in a row and it lasted minutes just like rainbows do. It was bright and shiny out after a rainstorm just like when you would normally see rainbows.

I was retelling this event to my brother last night and he thought I should submit it so here is what happened.

It was in the middle of the day and I was driving on hwy. 40 going southeast into Chatham, Ontario to go shopping. It was a slow speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour. I seen this big rainbow on the east side about 2-3 kilometers out and so I slowed down a bit to admire it. Not alot of traffic anyways. When I got about 1/2 kilometers away, all of a sudden I could see endless rainbows. They didn't just appear at once. As I got closer, I could see more rainbows in a row. Then at the "correct angle", I seen that it was an endless row of rainbows. I was in awe and I was just saying "wow". I drove through it and just went to town.

Every once in a while, I remember to look up endless rainbows but have not found any description. Maybe I have wrong search term? This was as good as seeing the meteor I described a couple of years ago on this site - when I took my dog out at night and that fireball or whatever it was went across the sky.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD

Posted 2012-09-24