CaseFireball2003

Portland, OR, USA

This was the amber fireball...very smooth trajectory and very fast...just takin` its time it seemed....

Report quality: Moderate61/100

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: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (103 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
2003-07-26
Where
Portland, OR, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
2-1/2 min
Geo
45.523, -122.676 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-portland-or-2003-41a3fd
Local cluster

Local cluster

July 2003 was a busy month for Portland, OR: 4 separate reports.

In context

  • This is one of 557 reports logged in Portland, OR.
  • This case is one of 94 Oregon reports filed in 2003.
  • Fireball craft made up 5.5% of 2000s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

Report

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