Bright fireball trailing a little black smoke, headed straight down just SW of Snohomish, WA then vanishes at a few hundred feet.
You requested more information on sighting: I was on hiway 2 heading west, at the first town of Snohomish exit. I was driving a truck and the hiway was going in a sw direction at the time, and looking straight head out the windshield, I saw what appeared to be a fireball, it looked like it was headed straight down and seemed to be traveling too slow to be a meteor, it was very bright and seemed to trail a little black smoke. It then just vanished, at what looked like a few hundred feet above ground. I first reported it was at 10:00, this was just a estimate, it could of very well been at 9:35 as other reports.
((NUFORC Note: Original report appears below. PD))
Summary: I was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright l
Description: was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright light or fire, trailing a little black smoke, then it just vanished before coming all the way down.
((NUFORC Note: Several other reports for this event. We believe the correct time is approximately 0920 hrs. PD))
You requested more information on sighting: I was on hiway 2 heading west, at the first town of Snohomish exit. I was driving a truck and the hiway was going in a sw direction at the time, and looking straight head out the windshield, I saw what appeared to be a fireball, it looked like it was headed straight down and seemed to be traveling too slow to be a meteor, it was very bright and seemed to trail a little black smoke. It then just vanished, at what looked like a few hundred feet above ground. I first reported it was at 10:00, this was just a estimate, it could of very well been at 9:35 as other reports.
((NUFORC Note: Original report appears below. PD))
Summary: I was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright l
Description: was driving a truck just north of snohomish on hwy 2 and the object was just south of town, it looked like a burning ball of bright light or fire, trailing a little black smoke, then it just vanished before coming all the way down.
((NUFORC Note: Several other reports for this event. We believe the correct time is approximately 0920 hrs. PD))
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Snohomish
USA
5 sec.
5 sec.
47.89
-122.07
fireball
WA
Occurred : 7/31/2000 09:35 (Entered as : 07/31/00 9:35) Reported: 9/13/2000 12:31 Posted: 9/17/2000 Location: Snohomish, WA Shape: Fireball Duration: 5 sec. Characteristics: The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object
Bright fireball trailing a little black smoke, headed straight down just SW of Snohomish, WA then vanishes at a few hundred feet.