Very bright point of blue-white light moving downward in the vicinity of the Big Dipper constellation.

EVENT DATE

Aug 11, 2011, 10:00 AM

LOCATION

Bend, OR, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE

Light

DURATION (NUFORC)

3-4 Seconds(00:00:03)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

5.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

Lights on object

NARRATIVE

Possible Meteor.  Very bright point of blue-white light moving downward in the vicinity of the Big Dipper constellation at approx. 10pm. Exact position of sighting: East shore of Elk Lake, Oregon.  
Started at approximately 60 degrees the above the horizon,  and traveled nearly straight down in a slightly s-shaped trajectory, and dimming out about 3-4 seconds later at aprox 30 degrees.  
Conditions: 90+% cloudless sky with a nearly full moon rising.
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information.  PD

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Data provenance: This record originates from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). The dataset originated from Hugging Face (kcimc/NUFORC).

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