Fireball over Carmel, IN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
BIG FIREBALL..
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 2006-02-12 → 2006-03-01
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July 14, 2023 · 1:26 AM · CHEVRON
Carmel, IN
I was driving west near the intersection of W 116th St. and Ditch Rd. in Carmel, IN when I saw a massive craft directly overhead that was flying extremely fast. It was also traveling west like I was, so it came from behind me in the east. It was just after 1 AM so it was difficult to make out the exact color of the craft, but it appeared to either be black or dark gray. The shape was clearly that of a chevron and it was the size of at least several football fields. The wingtips each had several lights that interchangeably swapped between red and green at a very fast pace, about several times a second or so. It was only visible for several seconds before it disappeared into the distance; at first it was just traveling very fast, likely faster than the speed of sound. However, it became increasingly faster the longer it was in sight. Ultimately, it was so fast that it looked as if it left an after-image and just otherwise vanished.
April 14, 2020 · 11:15 PM · OVAL
Carmel, IN
It was a light that was slowly fading into the dark and when I used my Phone and recorded when I zoomed in it just disappeared and when I zoomed back out it was there again! My House made weird noises as it was leaving!
October 8, 2019 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Carmel, IN
There were 2 lights in the sky going really fast and were parallel to each other.
July 2, 2018 · 9:55 PM
Carmel, IN
While walking the dog on a perfectly clear evening at 955pm, I observed a orange glowing object traveling in a straight line in a NE to SE direction. At first I thought it was fireworks since it was July 2. Then I thought it was a drone. But the object did not fizzle out like fireworks and there was no sound like a drone or erratic flight. The object was cigar shaped. No flashing lights but gave off a bright orange glow. I followed the flight of the object for several hundred feet before I lost sight of it over some trees. I captured a poor image of the object due to the time of day. It was getting dark and the object was moving at a pretty good speed before I was able to take the picture. I walk the dog at this spot at least 3 times a day and have not observed a similar incident. As an avid sky watcher, I can honestly say this was not anything normal such as drone or fireworks.
October 22, 2014 · 7:08 AM · DISK
Carmel, IN
The ufo was shaped similar to a disk and was accompanied by two side by side lights and a haze around it.
July 19, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Carmel, IN
It was the end of a long work day, when a co-worker and I were walking out to the parking lot, joking about how he was going to be picked up by a helicopter. As I looked to the Eastern sky I saw a large orange light hovering about 800 feet, or so, above the ground. I pointed at it and my co-worker, laughed, and said, "There it is now" As I watched the object for a few seconds, I saw another orange light fade into view near the original, so I start walking in their direction. While I'm walking, I see another appear the very same way the second did, then another, then another (5 in total). At this point, I've passed up my car and started jogging down 129th Street from Gray Road, towards Hazel Dell Road, where the lights seemed to be hovering. Just as I moved past the tree line and into a clearing, I saw the bright orange lights very clear as they all started to move east in unison as if they were many parts of a whole. They stayed on that course for another 10! seconds or so when they faded back into the dark night sky.