First we heard of this was a message from Jason:
I’m wondering if anyone else saw the vivid shooting star or meteor over West Seattle this evening? Saw it around 6:55 pm near the corner of Genesee and 52nd looking east. It was bright green with a fiery orange edge all around it with a fiery orange tail as well. It was only for a moment and I didn’t have my phone to take a photo.
We asked Kevin Freitas, who often captures images of sky sightings from his home near The Mount, and he came up with this “stack” and observation:
Not a meteor. Likely a piece of space debris deorbiting. It flew north to south over approx. 30 seconds which is far too slow to be a meteor. (those usually last a handful of seconds)
Here’s a stack of about 50 seconds of camera footage. The object in question is in the middle top. The other streaks are planes.
Anybody else see it here?