Fireball over Winter Haven, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orange fireball silenty gliding through the air over my neighborhood/house.
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 2012-11-19 → 2012-12-06
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June 22, 2022 · 4:15 AM · TRIANGLE
Winter Haven, FL
4:15am looked up saw triangle shaped object, 3 orbs above, 3 orbs below, 3 orbs behind the triangle. Some screen however you could see the lights shinning through. Loud humming sound. They just stood still until the triangleal object ascended first followed buy one buy one of the orbs. 4 of the orbs moved out of the smoke screen which showed a bright light which hovered then moved slowly up,out of sight.
December 31, 2021 · 11:36 PM · CYLINDER
Winter Haven, FL
During a New Year’s Eve family gathering both my wife Jeannette and I took pictures of the three stars that make up Orion’s belt because the night was very clear. The next day, while examining the photos, we noticed the strange object appearing on both pictures. There were lights and various colors on the object. At the time, we didn't notice that the object was even there, therefore we didn't detect any type of motion. IMG_3765 was taken by my wife, while IMG_8282 was taken by me.
November 25, 2017 · 11:35 PM · OTHER
Winter Haven, FL
The three of us were playing Freeze Tag among other outdoor games while our families remained indoors during a party. One of us pointed out a cluster of maybe 10 red lights among a couple of white lights near the star Polaris. I thought it was a really clear night and we were looking at the constellation of the little dipper. We thought the little dipper had red stars...until they started moving. The red lights flickered and moved around each other, as if they were weaving between themselves. After about two minutes, we noticed that there was one cluster of red stars. It was like a circle of four, very tight knit red lights. This cluster moved over Polaris, and we were absolutely shocked that it blocked the star. All the red lights began to move towards each other, towards this cluster. The friend that noticed the red lights ran indoors to retrieve his phone to take a picture, and I tried shouting to him to come back; something weird was occuring. Within ten seconds of our friend being gone, every red light added on to the cluster, creating a sort of 'pinecone' of red lights. They were together, but you could clearly see that there was a black line or space between each light. It was ovular, being thinner at the top and thicker in the middle. Two or three lights in this pinecone of red light would flash white before turning back to red. Most of the lights flashed eventually, some did not. Our friend ran back outside and exclaimed in fear, we were all excited and scared at the events unfolding before our eyes. The red craft moved suddenly down, further and further until it was nearly out of view behind a neighbor's house. As the craft moved further down, it caught on fire at the bottom as it entered the Earth's atmosphere. It couldn't have been a weather balloon or asteroid, nothing we thought of convinced us; rational explanations didn't sound convincing. The craft then practically disintegrated in nearly 20, if not more, red lights that seemed to fall. We ran backwards as they continued to fall and turn white. The lights then disappeared.
August 19, 2017 · 10:30 AM · FORMATION
Winter Haven, FL
Started out as am orange red ball just sitting there. Then it broke apart into a bunch of smaller lights (5-7), almost in a formation. They came back together, and then split apart again, before disappearing into the southern skies.
February 12, 2017 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Winter Haven, FL
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November 20, 2014 · 8:40 PM · FIREBALL
Winter Haven, FL
Well, me and my sister was sitting outside around 8:40pm, when we noticed a glowing fire ball with lights around it an it looked as if 2 helicopter were keeping an eye on it. This object stood in the same spot for like 5-7 minutes, but when I went to go get my phone, it was gone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD