Super Bright explosion after object hits the desert ground
Driving north tonight 17 Nov 2009 on CA Highway 395. I was driving from Lancaster to Ridgecrest and had just gotten off of Garlock road onto the 395. The time was about 11:05 pm. I saw a very bright ball trailing light, flying level for a few moments. Then suddenly it looked as if it impacted the desert off in the distance towards Ridgecrest. The impact looked like nothing I’ve ever seen before. No sparks or secondary fire explosions. It just lit up the entire sky in a Blue/White color. All I could say to myself was “what in the hell was that?” I sped up to try and get to Ridgecrest as soon as I could, I was concerned for my families safety. There’s a military base in the town and my imagination is running wild while I’m driving. I thought maybe it could have been an aircraft crashing into the town.. When I reached Ridgecrest everything looked normal and no emergency equipment out driving around. I am assuming what I may have seen was a meteor that! actually made contact with the ground. It’s the only thing that would make sense to me.
Driving north tonight 17 Nov 2009 on CA Highway 395. I was driving from Lancaster to Ridgecrest and had just gotten off of Garlock road onto the 395. The time was about 11:05 pm. I saw a very bright ball trailing light, flying level for a few moments. Then suddenly it looked as if it impacted the desert off in the distance towards Ridgecrest. The impact looked like nothing I’ve ever seen before. No sparks or secondary fire explosions. It just lit up the entire sky in a Blue/White color. All I could say to myself was “what in the hell was that?” I sped up to try and get to Ridgecrest as soon as I could, I was concerned for my families safety. There’s a military base in the town and my imagination is running wild while I’m driving. I thought maybe it could have been an aircraft crashing into the town.. When I reached Ridgecrest everything looked normal and no emergency equipment out driving around. I am assuming what I may have seen was a meteor that! actually made contact with the ground. It’s the only thing that would make sense to me.
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Ridgecrest
USA
15 seconds
15 seconds
35.62
-117.67
fireball
CA
Occurred : 11/17/2009 23:05 (Entered as : 11/17/2009 23:05) Reported: 11/18/2009 12:08:04 AM 00:08 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Shape: Fireball Duration: 15 seconds Characteristics: The object left a trail, There was an aura or haze around the object, The object landed
Super Bright explosion after object hits the desert ground