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I am a Commercial Airline Pilot and was at an Altitude of 40,000 feet heading West Southwest just South of Las Vegas Nevada heading in to Los Angeles, California. The light was low intensity initially for approximately 4 seconds. Both Pilots noticed it immediately, and watched as it transited towards us and Southward towards the Phoenix area. After 4 seconds or so, the light became extremely bright white and grew in length from BB size initially turned into pea size, and then grew a tail that appeared to be to me, 1/2\" to 1\" long as it streaked across the sky. Half way through the visible burn it turned bright green and white with sparks and obvious pieces separating off the object. Total time from start to finish for us seemed to be longer than 10 seconds. Midway through the event, I broadcast to other aircraft on the frequency to look to the Southwest to see the Fireball. After it was over there were several radio calls from other aircraft remarking about how incredible the view was. It was by far the most amazing event I have witnessed in my 34 years in Aviation. Just wish I had a camera out to capture it for all. |
