Live Intercept Case ID: be44b573

SIGHTING: MT. VERNON, OR

Sighted On

Friday 28. August 1998

Reported On

Sunday 30. August 1998

Classification

Fireball

Duration

4-5 sec

Witness Testimony

"Bright Blue (as that of an arc welder) light, that lit up entire landscape. It was 1/4 dia of moon (in arc seconds)Friday night I was getting ready to sleep in the back of my truck on"

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

44.4177°

Longitude

-119.1136°

Technical Specs

Classification Fireball

Duration 4-5 sec

Source NUFORC

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Mount Vernon, Oregon (United States)	2020-06-18	Sphere	00:01:00
Mount Vernon, Oregon (United States)	2020-06-18	Sphere	00:59:00
Spray, Oregon (United States)	2017-08-21	Cylinder	00:02:00
Prineville, Oregon (United States)	2017-08-20	Triangle	00:00:05
Kimberly, Oregon (United States)	2015-03-12	Disc	00:10:00
Ochoco National Forest, OR	2014-07-11	Unknown	5 minutes
Ochoco National Forest, OR	2014-07-11	Unknown	5 minutes
Granite, Oregon (United States)	2014-06-23	Oval	Undisclosed
Sumpter, OR	2013-12-14	Light	4 minutes
John Day, OR	2013-11-10	Circle	2 minutes
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2012-08-06	Sphere	Undisclosed
Burns, OR	2012-05-15	Light	1 hour
John Day, OR	2011-07-04	Flash	2 minutes
Ukiah, Oregon (United States)	2011-05-17	Other	Undisclosed
Burns, OR	2010-04-07	Disk	secounts
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2010-01-22	Cylinder	Undisclosed
Ukiah, OR	2009-09-07	Triangle	5 minutes
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2009-08-03	Unknown	Undisclosed
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2009-07-20	Sphere	Undisclosed
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2009-03-31	Circle	Undisclosed
Burns, Oregon (United States)	2004-09-22	Sphere, Star-like	Undisclosed
Prairie City, OR	1999-10-02	Cigar	20-30 seconds
John Day (Clyde Holliday Camp Ground, 7 miles west of), OR	1999-09-18	Light	20 minutes
John Day, OR	1998-11-12	Fireball	10 mins
Burns (100 miles south of, no city), OR	1996-05-01	Triangle	15 minutes
Mitchell, OR	1994-05-12		2 sec.
John Day, OR	1977-06-01	Oval	1 minute
Burns, Oregon (United States)	1976-06-30	Cigar, Oval	00:02:00
Ritter, Oregon (United States)	1972-04-30	Cylinder	Undisclosed
Burns, Oregon (United States)	1968-09-30	Other	Undisclosed
Buchanan (or Burns), OR	1929-07-05	Disk	1min
Ukiah, OR		Oval	5 min +