Telephoned report to NUFORC:
The U. S. National Weather Service Office in Wilmington, NC, called to forward a report they had just received from a citizen on the North Carolina coastline.
The witness reported to the NWS office that he had just been witness to a dramatic blue-green fireball passing overhead at high speed from west to east. The witness reported that he thought he might have seen the object strike the water.
((NUFORC Note: We believe the NWS employee reported, also, that the witness had reported to their offices that he heard "thunder" approximately 5 minutes after the sighting. Memory of this aspect of the case is vague, due to the time the report was submitted. PD))
((NUFORC Note: We express our gratitude to the U. S. National Weather Service, Wilmington, NC, for sharing the information with our Center. PD))
The U. S. National Weather Service Office in Wilmington, NC, called to forward a report they had just received from a citizen on the North Carolina coastline.
The witness reported to the NWS office that he had just been witness to a dramatic blue-green fireball passing overhead at high speed from west to east. The witness reported that he thought he might have seen the object strike the water.
((NUFORC Note: We believe the NWS employee reported, also, that the witness had reported to their offices that he heard "thunder" approximately 5 minutes after the sighting. Memory of this aspect of the case is vague, due to the time the report was submitted. PD))
((NUFORC Note: We express our gratitude to the U. S. National Weather Service, Wilmington, NC, for sharing the information with our Center. PD))
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Wilmington
USA
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34.23
-77.88
NC
Occurred : 9/12/2002 05:00 Reported: 9/12/2002 03:47 Posted: 9/13/2002 Location: Wilmington, NC Shape: Duration: Unknown
U. S. National Weather Service forwards report of dramatic blue-green object seen flying east.