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Fair Oaks/Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Color changing moving fireball,brilliantly illuminating,moving East to West across field of view,horizon to horizon.
Florence · SC, USA
I heard your report on Art Bell radio show of the east coast sighting. I just wanted you all to know that I witnessed it myself here i
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
Long Green tail with a orange fireball moved across the sky from south to north in the eastern sky. Tail disapated orange fireball cont
Albany · NY, USA
At about 16:00 myself and a co-woker went outside for a cig break when I looked to the sky and saw what looked like an orange fireball
Burtons Bridge · IL, USA
Horizon to horizon in 10 seconds. Fireball (short tail & enormous vapor trail).
Winona · MN, USA
Appeared to be a plane crashing leaving a smoke trail.
Medina · OH, USA
I saw , as what looked like fireworks of purple and blue in the Western sky. The sparkling fragments traveled Eastward towards me as a
Madison · WI, USA
Very large fireball with trail arched silently from SE to E/NE. Thought it was a plane crashing. When it went over the horizon, I wai
Nashville · IN, USA
Object came from west to east at about 200-300 m.p.h.,object was on fire with black smoke trail behind it. Obect did not appear to be l
St. Louis · MO, USA
Small meteor like object streaked across sky but did not lose brilliance or speed.
Mequon · WI, USA
A brilliant blue-green fireball crossed the sky from SW to NE, leaving a smoke trail.
Normal · IL, USA
another fireball on 11/16/99
Vandalia · OH, USA
A white colored ball with a firetrail was seen by me and a co-worker. We thought it was a plane with an engine on fire since we are air
Nashville (on I-24 ,60 mi. southeast of) · TN, USA
FIREBALL GOING WEST TO EAST WITH A LONG FIREY TAIL. iI WATCHED THIS OBJECT FOR A MINUTE AND A HALF AS I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON I-24
Chicago · IL, USA
saw a bright white light, what appeared to be a type of firework missile, but this was different because of the intense brightness and
Mt. Washington · KY, USA
A large fireball type object appeared to be falling from the sky. As we watched the fireball began tilting upward instead of falling an
West Lima · WI, USA
Green Fireball heading NNE accoss 56 1000 ft above county A.
Paddock Lake · WI, USA
Hi Peter; I want to report an interesting event. Last night at 6:04 to 6:05 PM, my husband was laying on our couch after dinner he was
Norwalk (sml town just sw of Des Moines) · IA, USA
this was a blue-green fireball seen by myself, my husband and our young son. it was moving from the south to the northeast. my husban
Mundelein · IL, USA
I saw a fireball, very low in the horizon, it was greenish in color with a tail that was white and green. It moved west to east
St. Peters · MO, USA
A bright ball of light (blue in color with an orange tail) descended across the sky at a 45 degree angle. It then "broke apart" into an
Durant (rural) · IA, USA
A fireball of green blue/turquoise and orange color. With long glowing tail traveling behind seem to be descending out of the sky heade
Appleton · WI, USA
While stepping outside to take out the trash, I saw a large yellow-green fireball traveling west to east about 30 degrees above the hor
Aurora · IL, USA
Large "meteor". Greenish color at head. Sparkling tail, golden-flecked. Traveling in arching trajectory West to East out of sight.