Sphere over Plam Bay, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Heard some loud bangs outside that the city of Palm Bay reported as fireworks. While investigating the noise, my wife and I saw 2 glowing fireballs/orange in color. My best guess is they would have been flares, but they were moving with the horizon, not falling out of the sky. After watching about 2 minutes, one of them burned out and the other remained bright until it flew out of sight. There was never any of the green/red navigational lights or anti-collision lights that one would expect to see on an airplane. Also, no sound. However, the lights never made any strange/extraordinary movements you hear about in other UFO reports. They also did not explode into a brilliant fireworks display, so if they were fireworks they were - again - unlike any I have ever seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126128). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-02-24 → 2016-03-12