Fireball over Withamsville, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While watching my neighbors fireworks display, from my fence line, i noticed a burning ball of orange light coming from the north east. i alerted my neighbors and their guests and they also saw the object, however, they were too busy either enjoying the fireworks, or putting on the display. i ,however, followed the object through the sky, as it made itself southwestward and faded out in the night sky. after seeing this, i went and told my brother, who was watching t.v. and then walked back outside. right after returning back outside, i saw another one, so i ran in to get my brother, who then came out to see what i was talking about. after he came outside we witnessed another 5 to 6 of these objects. some appeared to turn themselves on and off as they were moving and some were moving faster than the others and at different altitudes. the one, that at appeared to be lowest in the sky appeared to turn whatever was illuminating the object completely off, as it w! ent pretty much directly over us. as it was moving, my neighbors fireworks were going off in the sky under it illuminating the sky enough to see the underside of the object. me and my brother both witnessed what appeared to be the underside of a smooth looking dark grey disk shaped, or flying saucer shaped object. i do not know if anyone might have gotten any pics or vids of the objects. i have already posted on Facebook to see if anyone in my area may have also seen these things.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111032). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-01 → 2014-07-18