As reported

Fireball over Indian Harbour Beach, FL

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The report, as filed

Reddish Orange orb like sphere in the skies above Indian Harbour Beach.

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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October 18, 2020 · 4:35 AM · TRIANGLE

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Seen during a late night drive on 10/18/2020 coming from Satellite Beach. The road was eerily empty during the entire ride up onto the sighting, and I did NOT expect to come across anything of this sort on my drive. At approx. 4:40 AM @ Pine Tree Rd/A1A a "Sputnik"-shaped golden entity arose from the road and quickly rose vertically into the sky. This happened as my car (the only one upon the road at the time) approached it. Furthermore, the being appeared to have "unfolded" from a resting position upon the road as opposed to a mechanical device. There was no sense of endangerment or radiation from the surrounding environment. About 15 minutes later (approx. 5:00 AM) I was scanning the night sky of my back yard and witnessed, for a short span of seconds, two noticeably large orange lights hovering in a single spot quite low in the atmosphere. Considering the orange light emitted from these 2 objects was the exact same as the earlier sighting, it only seems rational to think that there are MANY more life forms such as these in this region alone, let alone the entire planet.

January 13, 2013 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL