Daytime Fireball With Tail Observed Over Vernon British Columbia

 

Date:  February 9, 2008

Time:  Between 4:15 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

 

I believe I saw the same daylight fireball February 9 near Vernon, BC. It was between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. I was walking towards my house when I saw a bright white light in the sky to the north.

 

It seemed quite low to the ground and quite close to Vernon, and was heading on a downwards trajectory of about 45 degrees.

 

It was too large and too bright to be a plane, so I assumed it had to be a meteor. It never diminished in brightness during the time I was able to see it, and I actually saw a trail of what looked like smoke behind it.

 

There was also a reddish light that could have been flame. Eventually it got low enough in the sky that the other houses in the neighborhood blocked my view, and I have no idea whether it continued flaming or made impact anywhere.

 

I haven't heard of anyone else in Vernon so far who observed it.

 

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