CaseFireball1998

Bailey, CO, USA

Streak of bright blue/white light flashed vertically downward from @40deg to horizon. Seen @20degs. SSW in clear moonlit sky.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 2s (an atypical range)
  • Detailed witness text (125 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1998-11-01
Where
Bailey, CO, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
<2 secs.
Geo
39.406, -105.473 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-bailey-co-1998-f2ba72

In context

  • Bailey, CO has 11 sightings on file here.
  • 1998 brought 64 reports from Colorado.
  • The 1990s skewed 6.8% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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