I subscribe to a service that sends me all the day’s UFO reports from around the world. The ones that really stand out or that have good pictures, I sometimes share. Here is a report of a UFO that caught my attention because I saw two just like this, one about a minute after the other. My sighting was in California. The green tails were “swirving” on the two I saw when I was driving through the hills on a stretch of road with few cars.
“Calls streamed in to local police stations during the night after an unidentified flying object darted over the night skies in northern Norway. A top astronomer, though, thinks it was another meteorite. …
“It was colored white, green and gold, and lights seemed to blow off it like it was a sparkler,” said one observer, Andre Grnmo. “It looked like it was a comet, and it was around four to five times larger than a plane, and it flew much faster.”
Slettli said others described a “green, lighted ball with a tail” that flew low. He said neither the Defense Department’s radar station or its rocket facility at Andya, nor the tower at Evenes airport, which serves Harstad and Narvik, had picked up the object.” – aftenposten
Here are a few possible explanations for people witnessing green fireballs with tails in the night sky:
1. Meteoroids: Green fireballs can be caused by meteoroids entering the Earth’s atmosphere. When a meteoroid burns up upon entry, it can create a bright streak of light called a meteor or shooting star. The green color is often associated with meteoroids rich in nickel or copper.
2. Bolides: Bolides are extremely bright meteors that explode in the Earth’s atmosphere. These explosions can create a tail-like appearance and intense green light. The green color can be a result of various factors, such as the composition of the meteoroid and its chemical interactions with the atmosphere.
3. Space debris: Reentering space debris, such as discarded rocket stages or satellite components, can also produce green fireballs with tails. These objects burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere and create a bright streak of light, often accompanied by a trail.
4. Ball lightning: Although rare, ball lightning has been reported to emit various colors, including green. Ball lightning is a poorly understood phenomenon characterized by the appearance of glowing balls of light in the atmosphere. It is still a subject of scientific investigation and lacks a definitive explanation.
5. Optical illusions or misperceptions: Sometimes, our eyes can play tricks on us, creating optical illusions that make us perceive objects differently. Atmospheric conditions, such as temperature inversions or the presence of certain gases, can distort the appearance of lights in the sky, creating the illusion of green fireballs with tails.
It is important to note that while these are some plausible explanations, there are other possibilities and each sighting should be thoroughly investigated to rule out any potential natural or human-made phenomena before confirming any specific cause.
