Fireball over Leesburg, FL
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The report, as filed
Orange glowing fireball in the sky in Leesburg, FL
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 2005-02-16 → 2005-03-05
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July 28, 2023 · 11:05 PM · SPHERE
Leesburg, FL
Walked outside to got to my car at approximately 11:05 pm and something told me to look up and when I did I seen a big bright red orange ball or orb THIS WAS NOT A DRONE I DONT WANNA HEAR THAT I SEEN PLENTY OF THEM THIS WAS A UFO OR AN ALIEN THIS IS NOT A JOKE PEOPLE ITS REAL!! It was hovering in the sky and it was silent but soon as I pulled my phone out to record it picked up the signal of the orb for about 45 seconds until it started to go away in the sky and once it went away the orb started to get small and turn white like a star and then disappeared in the sky of the night I swear my phone has never made this sound before EVER until I caught this sighting it picked up a signal from it on my phone and a lot might think this is a joke who is reading this but I got it all on video as well I seen with my own two naked sober eyes
August 5, 2021 · 11:09 PM · CIRCLE
Leesburg, FL
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August 1, 2021 · 8:21 PM · CIRCLE
Leesburg, FL
Sitting outside with my wife watching a pretty cloud formation near sunset. The top of the cloud was really bright so I thought I would take a picture of it. I actually took three pictures as the sun was going down and the colors were changing. After looking back at the pictures, I noticed an anomaly in the second picture that I didn’t see when taking the shot.
June 19, 2021 · 7:00 AM · TRIANGLE
Leesburg, FL
On Saturday morning, June 19, 2021, around 7am, I was standing out in my driveway and heard an aircraft approaching from the East going West directly overhead. I stood and watched it come into view. It looked dark, probably not dark gray, but more black, was triangular in shape with there being two projecting structures out the back area. I thought F-117 Nighthawk but then wondered could it have been an F-22 Raptor? It really didn't look exactly like those aircraft so I wondered maybe some new stealth aircraft. If not a stealth aircraft, unidentified flying object. I didn't see a projecting front part of the aircraft like I see in the F-22. I didn't see any flashing lights. It had a sound that wasn't like a typical aircraft and it seemed to lumber across the sky . I am in Leesburg, Florida where we have a lot of aircraft overhead every day. But, nothing like this!
March 30, 2020 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Leesburg, FL
At 2115 hrs on 30 April 2020, I went outside to walk the dog and looked up to see seven lights travelling West to East (approximately) over Leesburg, Florida. In the space of a minute they faded from sight to the East, in procession. There may have been more before I looked up, as the farthermost light to the East was quick to disappear. The first six lights were in a line, the last was initially slightly behind and to one side, but by the time they disappeared it had caught up with the last light in line. Their brightness was less than Venus but probably slightly brighter than Sirius. It was not possible to assess the height or size of the UFOs
June 29, 2018 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Leesburg, FL
Very bright light solid not pulsing like the airplanes in the sky. Was flying on a perpendicular path to the Orlando flight path. Smaller less intense light broke off and flew in a downward direction. It left off-shaped vapor trails that were also bright not sure if it was from the sunrise hitting them or not but other clouds were not as bright. Flew behind other clouds and was bright enough to still see. Passed beyond my sight on the horizon in a couple minutes. Rocket launch from Cape Kennedy at 05:57. PD