Bright flash, long and slow disipation of a thick white trail
It was one minor/strange sighting. I just remember my friend and I being outside (this happened about 5 years ago) and there was a big white flash in the sky, definitely not lighting, so we looked up and immediately saw a giant white streak go across the sky. Unlike a shooting star, the tail remained and slowly faded away. There was the flash, a shooting and then the thick and bright white tail that lasted a good 10-15 seconds before disappearing. We didn't really see any particular shape, but it was definitely not lighting followed by an asteroid. It was much larger and slower than something burning up in the atmosphere.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Twenty seconds' duration would probably rule out, we believe, virtually all meteors. We will ask the witness to attempt to establish the exact date for the incident. PD))
It was one minor/strange sighting. I just remember my friend and I being outside (this happened about 5 years ago) and there was a big white flash in the sky, definitely not lighting, so we looked up and immediately saw a giant white streak go across the sky. Unlike a shooting star, the tail remained and slowly faded away. There was the flash, a shooting and then the thick and bright white tail that lasted a good 10-15 seconds before disappearing. We didn't really see any particular shape, but it was definitely not lighting followed by an asteroid. It was much larger and slower than something burning up in the atmosphere.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Twenty seconds' duration would probably rule out, we believe, virtually all meteors. We will ask the witness to attempt to establish the exact date for the incident. PD))
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State College
USA
20 seconds
20 seconds
40.80
-77.87
flash
PA
Occurred : 5/1/1997 22:00 (Entered as : 5/97 22:00) Reported: 6/3/2002 1:26:50 PM 13:26 Posted: 6/12/2002 Location: State College, PA Shape: Flash Duration: 20 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail
Bright flash, long and slow disipation of a thick white trail