CaseFireball1998

Charleston, SC, USA

The sky lit light heat lightening then the a ball of light was shooting across the sky. My thought was it looked like a Roman candle b

Report quality: High73/100

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  • Duration parsed: 10s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 3 other reports from the same city within 3 days
When
1998-10-04
Where
Charleston, SC, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10 seconds
Geo
32.776, -79.933 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-charleston-sc-1998-27069d
Local cluster

Local cluster

Charleston, SC logged 4 reports in the single month of October 1998.

In context

  • One of 72 documented reports from Charleston, SC in the UFOMYST archive.
  • South Carolina logged 26 sightings in 1998.
  • Fireball sightings ran at 6.8% during the 1990s (archive average: 6.9%).

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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