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I saw 6-9 objects of slightly different sizes appear from behind a tree, they were traveling as a group, the vertical spread was about degree (maybe a bit more), the spread along the direction of travel was slightly greater, maybe 2 degrees. Some were fainter than others, they seemed yellowish-orange, then they faded out -- pretty close to simultaneously -- in about a second after I first noticed them. I assume that they were glowing before I saw them. I heard a faint boom before I saw them, which is what drew my attention in that direction, but I assume that this sound was not related because the sound should have been delayed, unless they were *very* close, and I assume this was not the case. There was no booming sound after I saw them, but I was close to a 55-mph highway with light-to-moderate traffic that was producing some masking sounds. The faint booming sound that preceded my noticing them did sound similar to fireworks, but the objects' direction of travel was incorrect for fireworks: they traveled in a straight line from a higher elevation to a slightly lower elevation, approx. north to south as I viewed them approx. due east of my location. Their speed was far slower than Geminid objects, and I'm pretty sure their speed was a bit slower than Perseid objects. I did not see a smoke trail, but there was quite a bit of light pollution, the humidity was 53%, and there were traces of thin, high-altitude clouds, probably cirrus. |
