Fireball over Jasper, AR
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The report, as filed
12 small constant lights moving east in the southern sky. One light turned quickly Westward. Another light turned South and went straight down. 2 minutes later a very bright red yellow white light appeared in the southern sky, 2 seconds later 3 more identical lights appeared horizontally of the first light in a straight line fairly close to one another and with gap spaces in between and same distances between each light for about 4 seconds then all dissapeared. 2 minutes later another identical bright light appeared lower and slightly west from the first sighting for about 4 seconds. 3 minutes later same bright lights appeared in the Eastern sky for approximately 4 seconds then dissapeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152595). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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January 14, 2020 · 7:40 PM · FIREBALL
Jasper, AR
Twelve small constant unblinking lights moving eastward in the southern sky. One light quickly turned Westward. Another light quickly turned Southward and went straight down until it dissapeared. Two minutes later a very bright red yellow white light appeared in the southern sky for about two seconds, then three more identical lights appeared one second at a time, each light appearing beside the previous light all to the west and to the right horizontally of the first light in a straight line fairly close to one another with gap spaces in between and same distances between each light and remaining for about four seconds then all lights dissapeared. Two minutes later another identical bright light appeared lower and slightly west from the first sighting for about four seconds. Three minutes later the same bright lights appeared low in the Eastern sky for approximately four seconds then dissapeared.
January 14, 2020 · 7:40 PM · FORMATION
Jasper, AR
I got confused about the time, but it was 19:40. not 17:40
January 14, 2020 · 5:40 PM · FIREBALL
Jasper, AR
12 small constant lights moving west in the southern sky. One light turned quickly Eastward. Another light turned South and went straight down. 2 minutes later a very bright red yellow white light appeared in the southern sky, 2 seconds later 3 more identical lights appeared horizontally for about 4 seconds then all dissapeared. 2 minutes later another identical bright light appeared lower and slightly east from the first sighting for about 4 seconds. 3 minutes later same bright lights appeared in the western sky for approximately 3 seconds then dissapeared.
July 8, 2014 · 1:00 AM · FORMATION
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This sighting took place in NW Arkansas, in the Ozark Mountains. My wife and I were staying at our mountain retreat. At approximately 1 a.m., I went out on our back porch, which faces north and overlooks the valley. Our place is located on the very top of Sloan Mountain, which is very rural. The only ambient light was from a few lights in the valley, one cell phone tower to my left and a distant glow from Harrison, Arkansas, located about 25 miles away. Even though the sighting took place during the Fourth of July week, there were absolutely NO fireworks were being used at this time. I was on the porch, facing northward when I noticed a roundish red/orange light, distance is difficult to estimate, but I had the impression it was about 5 miles away. The light was just smaller than dime size. It looked unusual in this environment, so I did a mental assessment of the other lights I was used to seeing. This light I was seeing was above the horizon, noticeably higher than the distant mountains top. The initial light was at my eleven o’clock position and had some slight movement, both vertically and horizontally. Two smaller objects came out of the original light; they expanded to the same relative size of the original one. I noticed other similar lights appear randomly. In total, there were nine of them. They were not in a precise formation, but were generally aligned, but were on different planes. There was some movement, but like the original, no drastic movements. They randomly blinked on and off, sometimes disappearing for two or three minutes, reappearing in slightly different positions. The only constant light was the original. I observed these lights for over thirty minutes. They randomly disappeared, with the exception of the second and third light, which merged back to the original light. My field of view of these objects/lights was from my 10 o’clock to 3 o’clock.
February 4, 2008 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
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