Fireball over Longwood, FL
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The report, as filed
7 red-orange fireballs flying across the night sky during the crescent moon. They were round like a fireball with these amazing blue/white lighting (not typical fluorescent lighting). They were slowly moving in formation, then out of formation making a diagonal line (somewhat), then disappeared into the dark clouds heading northeast. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119100). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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April 4, 2021 · 8:07 PM · OTHER
Longwood, FL
Observer background: Engineer working in the defense industry. Healthy adult with good hearing and vision. Time of sighting: 8:07 PM, US Eastern time, 4/4/2021 Duration of sighting: 3 minutes The weather at the time of the sighting was clear. There was very little wind at ground level, no clouds were in the sky, and the sun was setting. I saw a light in the sky off to the East. At first I assumed it was an aircraft, but I noticed it looked a bit odd. There was only a single light, and it seemed to be "flickering" the way a reflected fire might. The object seemed to be at a fairly high altitude, approximately that of a commercial aircraft; higher than a helicopter would typically fly. The object was moving from East to West in what seemed to be a straight line, at a very consistent and somewhat slow speed, compared to a commercial jet. The object didn't fly directly over me, I was a bit North of its path. As it came closer I realized the illumination on the object was because it was reflecting the setting sun - that it's front surface was apparently reflective. At least, that is my assumption. When the object went past me and I could see the bottom and back of it, I saw no other lights. No running lights of any kind were visible. The bottom and rear sides appeared dark or black. The object did not appear to be large, and I could not make out any detail. It appeared to be a "simple" shape such as an oval or sphere. There were no wings, no fins, or other projecting parts visible. The object did not leave any visible wake or contrail behind it. There was no detectable sound from the object at any point during the sighting. The object continued on its straight-line course at the same consistent altitude and speed until it was out of sight over the treeline on the Western horizon. No other observers were nearby.
February 28, 2021 · 4:52 PM · CHANGING
Longwood, FL
We saw what we thought initially was falling debris, metal, as it's reflective surface caught the sun as it tumbled, but then we realized it was maneuvering and changing shape as it got closer. My son said "get your phone" after we watched it for a minute or two, and the attached video is the end of the sighting before we lost sight of it behind a tree. It was geometrical, like a cube, but changed shape. It appeared large (depending on how far away it was), with a highly reflective surface on one side. It made no noise but seemed to maneuver and change direction as it hovered.
May 30, 2020 · 8:55 PM · SPHERE
Longwood, FL
My apartment faces East. I was standing out on my 4th story balcony taking videos of the lightening (we had a severe thunderstorm warning). After a few minutes of recording, I saw from my North East point of view what looked like a huge deep orange fireball moving way faster than an aircraft. It was not blinking. It was flying super fast in a Western direction. I estimate around 800 mph high in the atmosphere--as it was moving much faster than the (normal red, white, and blue) blinking airplanes headed towards the Orlando International Airport. I at first thought it was a meteor in the atmosphere that came too close, or maybe the international space station, or even a lantern someone let off, but realized it wasn't any of those things. This fireball orb also had a faint white glow around the orange on the exterior. It's brightness fluctuated. It kept its path but seemed to slow down and speed up as it went...It then got smaller, darted, and completely disappeared into thin air. About 1-2 minutes later another identical looking fireball darted from the exact same direction and headed in the same direction at the same speed, also before completely vanishing around the same area. Before the 2nd fireball orb vanished, it remained in the same place in the sky. I actually took a video of these first 2 that I will email. The 3rd glowing fireball was much further to my north peaking in and out of the trees (you could tell it was much further away), getting brighter and fainter repetitively until it too, vanished. (this 3rd one was too distant to get on camera but I witnessed it). I have footage of the first 2 glowing orb fireballs on my iPhone. The closer I zoomed in on my iPhone I realized it seemed to be changing shaped and others seemed to be flashing in an out of the sky. I will edit my footage so that you can see those parts in slow-motion. The space launch sight (Cape Canaveral) is more to my South-East and I see the launches. I saw the historical launch today. While the rockets look orange in the dark, they have a super specific trajectory and are far more distant. There were also no other launches today. These fireballs were pretty sizable, much closer, and flying then disappearing. I know what I saw and it was nothing like the rocket launches, didn't look like any of the airplanes, and these glowing orb fireballs looked like nothing I had ever seen before. They only came around as the severe thunderstorm moved away South-West towards downtown Orlando and it had stopped raining at my place. (Tons of lightning)
August 20, 2018 · 12:20 AM · TRIANGLE
Longwood, FL
Saw something in the distance. Stared at it for about a minute and it began coming closer. It was triangle shaped and it started to follow me and lower in closer to the direction i was walking. I turned around and called someone close by to pick me up. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 12, 2017 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Longwood, FL
I took a picture of the night sky. When I looked at it 2 days later on the computer screen I noticed a laser like beam in the pic. Closer up, I noticed a Long Triangle shape craft in front of the beam. Probably some cool military craft, it had no lights in it. Planes get in my night shots all the time. This was different. My friend suggested I contact you. I am just curious what it is. Even it its just a satellite that would be cool. I just like taking pictures of the stars. But, things like this strike my curiosity. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 23, 2016 · 7:00 AM · LIGHT
Longwood, FL
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD