Strange electrical problems that coresponded the 3/12 fireball over Pacific Northwest......
On Saturday night, March 12th 2005, I was working at the front desk of the Continental Plaza Inn in Seattle, WA. This hotel is located on Queen Anne Hill, just south of the Aurora bridge. At approximately 7:45pm, our computer, Xerox machine, and several lights in the lobby all seemed to blink and then began to hum for a split second.
Being the only employee on the premises, I was worried that the hotel might be in the middle of an electrical outage. I looked at the clock on the wall, which read 7:45, grabbed a flashlight, and headed towards our parking lot.
Once outside, I found that our parking lot was completely dark. Four of our exterior lights, and one street light, were all out. I then walked to the sidewalk which runs along the east side of Aurora avenue and looked north. Several street lights, including those at the corner of Aurora and Halladay avenue, were out, along with several near the Canlis restaurant nearby.
While I was walking towards a utility room to search for the circuit breaker the lights suddenly came back on again, they were out for a total of three minutes. It should be noted that the four exterior lights which went out are not activated by sensor, they are turned on by timers at the same time each night.
I would not have been bothered by this occurrence until later when I heard on KIRO radio that some sort of object had passed over the Pacific Northwest at the same time (7:45pm). I also heard from the radio that a variety of other electrical problems occurred in the Queen Anne, Fremont, and Ballard areas of Seattle.
I have a very strange feeling about the entire episode.
((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness via telephone, and we found him to be both objective in his description of the events, and quite credible. Given that the presumed meteor was at least 200 miles to the south of Seattle, we doubt that its presence could have anything to do with the power failure here. No power failures in Oregon have been reported to NUFORC, as of the date of this writing. PD))
On Saturday night, March 12th 2005, I was working at the front desk of the Continental Plaza Inn in Seattle, WA. This hotel is located on Queen Anne Hill, just south of the Aurora bridge. At approximately 7:45pm, our computer, Xerox machine, and several lights in the lobby all seemed to blink and then began to hum for a split second.
Being the only employee on the premises, I was worried that the hotel might be in the middle of an electrical outage. I looked at the clock on the wall, which read 7:45, grabbed a flashlight, and headed towards our parking lot.
Once outside, I found that our parking lot was completely dark. Four of our exterior lights, and one street light, were all out. I then walked to the sidewalk which runs along the east side of Aurora avenue and looked north. Several street lights, including those at the corner of Aurora and Halladay avenue, were out, along with several near the Canlis restaurant nearby.
While I was walking towards a utility room to search for the circuit breaker the lights suddenly came back on again, they were out for a total of three minutes. It should be noted that the four exterior lights which went out are not activated by sensor, they are turned on by timers at the same time each night.
I would not have been bothered by this occurrence until later when I heard on KIRO radio that some sort of object had passed over the Pacific Northwest at the same time (7:45pm). I also heard from the radio that a variety of other electrical problems occurred in the Queen Anne, Fremont, and Ballard areas of Seattle.
I have a very strange feeling about the entire episode.
((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness via telephone, and we found him to be both objective in his description of the events, and quite credible. Given that the presumed meteor was at least 200 miles to the south of Seattle, we doubt that its presence could have anything to do with the power failure here. No power failures in Oregon have been reported to NUFORC, as of the date of this writing. PD))
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Seattle
USA
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3 minutes
47.61
-122.33
WA
Occurred : 3/12/2005 19:45 (Entered as : 03/12/2005 19:45) Reported: 3/14/2005 1:36:51 AM 01:36 Posted: 4/16/2005 Location: Seattle, WA Shape: Duration: 3 minutes Characteristics: There were electrical or magnetic effects
Strange electrical problems that coresponded the 3/12 fireball over Pacific Northwest......