Fireball over Houma, LA
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Fireball racing to earth.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2011-02-14 → 2011-03-03
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January 23, 2023 · 6:00 PM · OTHER
Houma, LA
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November 20, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Houma, LA
There is an orange glow in the sky over a town in the distance with an orange beam disappearing into the clouds. 100s of witnesses nearby on Facebook and some here with me in person. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 2, 2017 · 12:13 AM · DISK
Houma, LA
This description was given to me by someone I know. They have a video. Standing facing south in front of their home, approximately 200 ft from highway at 12:13--shortly after midnight, a strange steady orange light was observed south south west approximately a mile from home. It was a clear night, no clouds were observed and very quiet. No traffic passing on road and no wildlife sound. The witness observed the light for about 5 minutes. The light appeared to hover over buildings located in that area. It appeared to be un-moving. In the video, the light appeared to be a large object. How large was difficult to ascertain. The light can be seen above the tree line and was a steady non-blinking light. At one point, the witness pointed a high powered blinking flashlight in the direction of the object due being unsure what the light was. The witness was able to see some reflection of a dark shape around the light. Right after shining the flashlight at the object, all electricity went out in the neighborhood. This scared the witness who ran inside the home to check on the people inside. All were ok. The electricity came back on, so the witness went back outside and noted that the strange light was gone and an alarm was sounding from the building the light had been hovering over. At this point, the sounds of wildlife returned...frogs, circadas, and coyotes. Approximately an hour later, the witness noted the same orange light North of him and much further away. The light appeared to be moving slowly away from the witness's location and then disappeared. The witness spoke to the people who worked in the building the next morning to see if maybe there was a break-in the night before. They agreed that the alarm had gone off, but there was no sign of a break-in. Also spoke to a neighbor who also noted the electricity had gone off for a few seconds the night before.
September 22, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Houma, LA
My two cousins and I were outside when this ball which resembled a ball of fire traveling southwest came into site for a few seconds traveling at a moderate speed. It changed from orange to yellow. It began turning completely westbound then completely disappeared from site. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 13, 2014 · 8:30 PM · FORMATION
Houma, LA
I noticed 4 of these red lights in the sky while driving. When I looked to my left there were around 7 to 8 more. They were moving from East to West. They were strung out over a large area, and seemed to be pretty low in altitude. Some looked like they were hovering, but some were clearly moving in a stop and go characteristic. Pretty fast too. They weren't flying in any specific formation, just spread out all over.
August 30, 2014 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
Houma, LA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD