Bright flash of light seen in the sky and apparently headed directly under a commercial airline flight headed for SeaTac Airport
At approximately 23:00 hrs on Wednesday, Nov 16, I was having a cigarette facing out the back door of my house. Suddenly a fireball appeared, resembling the shape of the afterburners on a military jet. It was whitish yellow in color. It moved quickly across the sky from east to west and seemed to be traveling directly under a commercial airline flight that was landing at that time. I was actually afraid the object would collide with the airliner. I stepped out side and did hear the sound of engines but could not determine if it was from the airliner or from the object. I believe anyone looking from the airliner would have seen it. It was a 3/4 moon, and a clear night.
((NUFORC Note: Many reports of this event, seen from as far south as Eugene, OR, and from as far north as British Columbia. We believe a correct time is 2308 hrs.. PD))
At approximately 23:00 hrs on Wednesday, Nov 16, I was having a cigarette facing out the back door of my house. Suddenly a fireball appeared, resembling the shape of the afterburners on a military jet. It was whitish yellow in color. It moved quickly across the sky from east to west and seemed to be traveling directly under a commercial airline flight that was landing at that time. I was actually afraid the object would collide with the airliner. I stepped out side and did hear the sound of engines but could not determine if it was from the airliner or from the object. I believe anyone looking from the airliner would have seen it. It was a 3/4 moon, and a clear night.
((NUFORC Note: Many reports of this event, seen from as far south as Eugene, OR, and from as far north as British Columbia. We believe a correct time is 2308 hrs.. PD))
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Auburn
USA
4-5 seconds
4-5 seconds
47.30
-122.18
fireball
WA
Occurred : 11/16/2000 23:00 (Entered as : 11-16-00 23:00) Reported: 11/17/2000 00:02 Posted: 12/2/2000 Location: Auburn, WA Shape: Fireball Duration: 4-5 seconds Characteristics: The object left a trail, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Bright flash of light seen in the sky and apparently headed directly under a commercial airline flight headed for SeaTac Airport