Fireball over Valley, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It appeared to be a meteorite and it fizzled out before it landed.
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 2008-01-21 → 2008-02-07
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October 21, 2015 · 10:38 PM · TRIANGLE
Valley, AL
Please, someone tell me what this was??? Just now I was setting inside the house an heard a low rumble coming over.. I didn't pay it any attention at first just thinking it was a jet, but after 30sec or so something just didn't feel right.. What I think made me get up is the rumble just seemed to last to long like the sound was moving slow.. I ran out side to see two triangle looking craft (I say triangle because I so two white lights in the back and one single red light in the front center (the red light may have been located beween the center and the apex of the nose?? The two were in formation one behind the other.. Either they were huge in size or they were super quiet and low.. I say that because for a jet sound it was quiet and moving very very slow!! Either it was way up in the sky and just looked close or it was a special jet one?? It was moving just east of the Alabama, Ga. line right above Valley, Al flying south... Does anybody reconiz! e the description of the lights I saw on any military air craft?? This was totally awsome to see!!! Thanks
October 6, 2014 · 7:48 PM · LIGHT
Valley, AL
Huge white light heading northeast!!! I'm in Chambers County Alabama and at 7:48 Eastern time a huge white light flew over heading north east... My father noticed it first and said, "there goes a satellite", then pausing when he realized how big this thing was. This thing moved slowly and I watched it move off greater than 45 degrees on the horizon. Does anyone know if it was a space station or anything on record at that time and place??? It was larger and brighter than any star in the sky. Oh, also their was still light in the sky at the time so whatever this was, was very bright!!
September 19, 2014 · 9:00 PM
Valley, AL
Hello again, just like my reports from the other day I saw 2 "flying stars or dots" again. The first one was larger and flew from the horizon at a 45degree angle past over head, into the north east direction. Just as it was over head and I was watching it in binoculars, the second one appeared in my site radius traveling east to west. The second one past right by the first and was notably smaller and sharper imaged. The second one was noticeably bronze like, and the first a more blue white colored light. Are these satellites?????? If anyone can look into this my time zone is Eastern not Central like the rest of Alabama, if the time seen helps...
September 17, 2014 · 9:33 PM · LIGHT
Valley, AL
Flying stars just seen again. Just went back outside after making my first report and looked in the south-south west and saw a very large star approaching at a 45 degree angle. It came directly over and headed northnorth-west, never changing speeds or brightness. It looked like a very bright moving star. When it got just over head, another appeared inmy view traveling north to south right past the first one. This one was noticeable different in size and brightness, don't know if that's because of the distance it was from me or the size. Does someone know what times the satellites fly over Valley, Alabama??? This was at 9:33pm. Oh, at 9:37pm I think a shooting star flashed over head after these two objects past.
September 17, 2014 · 8:35 PM · LIGHT
Valley, AL
I see these almost every night with the naked eye. Just now 2 star like objects moving in a south to north fashion were just spotted. These objects always appear to be moving stars and sometimes if straight over head they will start burning real bright, then dull back down. Some people try to say their satellites but I find that hard to believe when I see 13 of them in a 50min period, with the naked eye. The only way to describe it is a moving star that can be seen approaching at a 45-degree angle sometimes and leaving on the horizon as far as possible with binoculars sometimes. The second one seen tonight wasn't quite straight over head but off to my left and appeared to get brighter and lighter, within a rhythm. This is along the Chattahoochee River and they always appear to be going north-south or south-north. If the skies right they can be seen every night. Oh yea, the sky was perfect this evening and two jets traveling north-south came over spraying a very thick trail within a 10 min period straight over head. 10 min later a large jet flying south-north but between their two trails passed over head. Someone tell me what these flying stars are, that move at a constant speed every night. I live near the Troup-Heard Corridor and south of West Point Lake, in the town where the famous Valley, Alabama, UFO pic was taken, and know the guys in the local media that covered it then.
June 4, 2007 · 9:35 PM · SPHERE
Valley, AL
Very bright sphere of light that managed to defy the laws of physics in rural Alabama.