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Saw a bright light (looked like police chopper with spotlight). watched a few sec, noticed a blue tail of smoke??? Saw light beam get bigger, total light... light went out... then big ball of smoke. Smoke was white in color, and only lasted about 30 sec's. Blue tail stayed lit for over 5 Min's...
Driving S/B on Hwy 101 about 3 miles north of Crescent City. Driver noticed a brite light in sky, just south/west of us... perhaps a few miles up (hard to say), at about 30 deg south south west of us. He pointed it to me and I saw a very brite light,it seemed to be focused bright light that showed the outline of the light beam. at first it appeared to be a focused spotlight from a police helicopter, pointed towards the ground. I also noticed a blue smoke pattern about 500 feet away from the light and looking like it was tapered and also pointed toward the ground in a 30 deg angel. While we were driving, we slowed, and a few vehicles around us slowed, all looking at this light. The light focused on the tail, expanded it's beam, and lighting up the source with a very bright white light, totally involving into a ball, and disappeared. A large ball of white smoke expanded around this source and disappeared. After about 30 seconds, the white smoke disappeared, but the blue trail was still illumines for at least 5 minutes..
Saw a bright light (looked like police chopper with spotlight). watched a few sec, noticed a blue tail of smoke??? Saw light beam get bigger, total light... light went out... then big ball of smoke. Smoke was white in color, and only lasted about 30 sec's. Blue tail stayed lit for over 5 Min's...
Driving S/B on Hwy 101 about 3 miles north of Crescent City. Driver noticed a brite light in sky, just south/west of us... perhaps a few miles up (hard to say), at about 30 deg south south west of us. He pointed it to me and I saw a very brite light,it seemed to be focused bright light that showed the outline of the light beam. at first it appeared to be a focused spotlight from a police helicopter, pointed towards the ground. I also noticed a blue smoke pattern about 500 feet away from the light and looking like it was tapered and also pointed toward the ground in a 30 deg angel. While we were driving, we slowed, and a few vehicles around us slowed, all looking at this light. The light focused on the tail, expanded it's beam, and lighting up the source with a very bright white light, totally involving into a ball, and disappeared. A large ball of white smoke expanded around this source and disappeared. After about 30 seconds, the white smoke disappeared, but the blue trail was still illumines for at least 5 minutes..
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Crescent City
USA
5 min
5 min
41.78
-124.13
fireball
CA
Occurred : 1/18/2000 18:15 (Entered as : 01/18/00 1815) Reported: 1/18/2000 19:14 Posted: 1/22/2000 Location: Crescent City, CA Shape: Fireball Duration: 5 min Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
Saw a bright light (looked like police chopper with spotlight). watched a few sec, noticed a blue tail of smoke??? Saw light beam g