Sphere over South Daytona, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Fire like orb climbing emerging from the west moving east turning to the north.
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 2013-11-20 → 2013-12-07
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August 2, 2018 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
South Daytona, FL
On August 2, 2018, at approximately 20:00 I observed 8-9 floating amber lights looking up to the South and East of Magnolia Avenue in South Daytona, FL. The lights appeared at about 90 degrees above the horizon as I was riding along in the car with my Mother we both saw the object simultaneously they did not seem to move much if at all more of a hover all 8-9 objects were twice the size of stars and the lights all went out at the same time after about 45 seconds to 1 minute. For some reason, witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
September 22, 2017 · 2:44 AM · UNKNOWN
South Daytona, FL
Woke up exactly at 2:40, I woke my boyfriend up so we could get some water. At 2:44, we both heard a low and fast flying piece of machinery fly east to west. It started and was gone in 2-3 seconds. We we're both shocked at the noise. We saw no lights from the road. Just darkness. Do UFOs make noise? We've never heard anything like it. Wi-Fi in house has been down since event. Animals were alert as well.
August 3, 2017 · 9:40 PM · EGG
South Daytona, FL
I was watching television in my family room when I noticed some strange, bright red orange lights in the distance. I went out on my patio to see what they were. I then saw four glowing somewhat egg shaped orbs move into a formation of two in a row over the other two and hover. As I watched, another one began to rise from a little further west, and slowly move into the same area as the other four began to move away, in single file. Several more followed suit, and there were probably at least ten of them in all. The objects made no noise, and the entire body of them glowed red orange. The top of the orbs gave somewhat of a handle look over the lower part. The tops were lighter in color and a little blurrier than the lower parts. I could not see any flashing lights, or obvious external lights. The objects flew off in a slight "S" pattern, first coming from the west, then stopping and hovering, and then flying northwest, and finally north. They appeared to be moving very slowly and gracefully, but in a matter of seconds, the lights became very tiny, seeming to have moved fast, though it didn't seem so. Very odd. I lost sight of the objects when they just disappeared. It was like a candle being blown out, not darting away or a sudden light going out. They dimmed and went out. The entire event was probably less than 5 minutes and I didn't have time to grab a camera. Just before the last of the objects moved out of view, a small plane began heading in their direction. I could barely hear its engine. The objects, however, made no sound. The plane had blinking lights, whereas the objects appeared to be glowing, orb like things, with no external lights detectable. I live near the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, so I am used to seeing all kinds of aircraft. These things were not planes, helicopters, or drones.
March 12, 2015 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL
South Daytona, FL
Looked up at the sky and saw a round orange ball traveling toward me just to the immediate south of my house, and to the immediate west of the Halifax River. As the object got closer to me, 4 strobe lights appeared to flash approximately every 3 seconds. As I exited the screen room, an orange tail appeared behind the object and it turned due east toward the river and ascended quickly into the sky until it disappeared.
July 30, 2014 · 11:15 PM · UNKNOWN
South Daytona, FL
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South Daytona, FL
Bright light moving fast and disapeared