Fireball over Statesville, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Very large Fireball shoots across sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2004-02-05 → 2004-02-22
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February 16, 2023 · 8:44 PM · SPHERE
Statesville, NC
I was on my back porch and I looked up at the sky and at first glanced it looked like a fire in the sky but as I focused it was a an orange/ reddish orb. The light wasn’t blinking. It looked as if the light was “falling” but then it stopped hovered and then flew away. It was very strange and very brief. The most amazing part is I actually got it on camera! I was really surprised my phone camera picked up that light. Also, one of the boxes below says to check if it has lights but it appeared to be one big light like an orb. There was no sound but it could have been too far away for me to hear? It was night time so I’m not sure how far away it was. I see that I can attach my video as well, please excuse my language I was excited and a little concerned at the same time.
May 28, 2022 · 9:25 PM · TRIANGLE
Statesville, NC
I was laying in bed watching tv and I saw a craft descending down with illumining lights which caught my eye through my second floor window. It went over my home and disappeared into the darkness.
June 23, 2019 · 2:00 AM · TEARDROP
Statesville, NC
Observed one object come across the sky right to left with what I thought were white trail from fireworks looked again noticed a red light at front followed by three white lights none blinking then made a curve lost sight of object from my bedroom window few minutes later awoke by sound of the craft outside my window could see the object light on the bottom were white not blinking
May 12, 2017 · 11:10 PM · FIREBALL
Statesville, NC
The entire thing lasted about a minute.
April 11, 2017 · 8:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Statesville, NC
Saw a large black craft floating sideways across the sky approximately 800-1000ft up. No lights and no sound from the craft, the sides were like a matte grey, and the middle was solid black. Never seen anything like this before in my life.
February 20, 2017 · 2:30 AM · LIGHT
Statesville, NC
Super bright blue light traversed across country road at approximately 60 feet above road. As I was driving, my vehicle completely shut off. Radio shut off, as well. The entire incident took less than 1 minute, but once the light entered the wood line to the right of the road, it disappeared, or instantly was no longer visible. The height of the trees in entered were approximately 65 feet and were dense in number. The light had no sound and wasn't flashing or sparkling. It was constant and extremely bright. As suddenly as it disappeared, my vehicle started up and the radio and headlights resumed. Nothing was reported in any local news and I am unaware of anyone else who witnessed this event.