Unknown over Lantana, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving to Lake Worth from Boynton Beach via Military Trail and I looked to the west in the sky and thought I saw an airplane tower that has the red light. But what I saw what looked like a star in the sky moving with red flames coming out of it, while it was moving to the East. After it stopped moving, I didn't see any red flames coming out of it, then It changed direction. I was looking for a blinking light you would see from an airplane and didn't see one. I was thinking what I saw last was either the Space Station or a UFO… (( Launch of Delta IV out of Cape Canaveral at 20:18 hrs., 18MR17: http://www.space.com/36117-wgs9-military-satellite-delta-iv-launch-photos.html PD))
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #133191). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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