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Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.

9,368 entries

August 23, 2014 · 9:15 PM · FIREBALL

Aurora, IL

We kept looking but did not see nothing else.

August 23, 2014 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL

I witnessed a series of about 8 bright, orange-red globes or balls emerge from a dark hillside in about a 30 second-60 second succession. It was around 20:00, dark clear sky with a few low cloud formations. Coming off of the dark hillside, the globes all had the same pattern of ascending to approximately the same elevation, then moving in a southerly direction until they were no longer visible. They moved smoothly like an airplane. The last ball gained a higher elevation than the others before it moved south. The objects appeared to be the same size. I have several pictures taken on my digital camera. I was talking to a friend on the phone when I first noticed the first bright light on the dark hillside. I watched at least 4 or more balls, describing them to my friend trying to figure out what these lights could be. My friend suggested I try taking pictures. I am not sure if there were more balls before the first one I saw.

August 23, 2014 · 10:00 AM · FIREBALL

Kentwood, MI

Sitting in my garage listening to the Tiger's game, looking toward the South West, I saw a streak going across the sky from South East toward North West. It's direction was toward the Earth at about 20 degrees. The streak was blue, green and red, orange. I waited for a sonic boom, there was none. If it was a firework, I would think it would have made an noise. If it was a meterorite, it may have been miles or states away. Just wanted to report this in case someone else saw it. Thanks, Me

August 23, 2014 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL

Pueblo, CO

I was driving north 75mph on I-25 with 2 other passengers at 1:00am MST. We were almost halfway between Pueblo and Colorado Springs when we noticed two large bright orange fireballs, suspended in the sky about 400 feet above the ground and perhaps a mile or two away from us over the hills to the west. We agreed the must have been fairly large at their distance, each perhaps the size of a 2 story house. These fireballs appeared to be emitting smoke; we could see trails of smoke in the air lit up by the orange glow from the balls. We commented and started taking video, still driving (we never did pull over or break speed). After about 30 seconds, a third fireball appeared, as a tiny dot that cut slightly across the sky but grew in size to equal the other fireballs, over the course of 1-2 seconds. The three fireballs were, as far as we could tell, hovering in place in the air for 2-3 minutes, casting a glow on the hills nearby, burning bright orange and emitting smoke. They did not appear to move very much if at all as we drove past the event. We rounded a bend and lost sight of them behind a hill, and when we came to the other side a few moments later, they were gone. ** I will soon obtain the video my passenger took on his cell phone and post in on YouTube. I will title it "Fireballs north of Pueblo, August 23, 2014" **

August 22, 2014 · 10:09 PM · FIREBALL

Taveriner, FL

Six golden red fireballs type lights rise into a clear night sky from over land area heading slowly in a westerly direction. At different levels as the highest object in elevation lights disappear as the next one Follows also disappearing within four minutes. No trail. No sound. No aircraft nearby. No flashing lights. Once all 6 lights disappeared all which remained was a stary clear night sky.

August 22, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL

Moonbeam (Canada), ON · Canada

Well, here goes! After listening to channel 590, CTVSS Northern Ontario News yesterday to confirm sightings of UFO's during 2014 in Canada and USA, specifically in Pennsylvania this past week, I'm coming out! We had company arriving on August 21st, a Thursday. A lovely husband and wife team w their 7 month old daughter. On Friday night, my husband and his friend decided they would camp out on the boat house deck and admire the sky which was filled with stars, not a site u see living in Toronto due to the light pollution. I cannot say exactly what time it was but I'm going to assume it was 10:30-ish, when I and my friend decided to go out to the boat house deck to see how the guys were doing, as it was cool and the dew was coming down. I brought 'a' glass of white wine w me to enjoy, my friend has had no alcohol at all as she is a new mom and I know your going to ask how much we'd been drinking! The boys were enjoying a couple of glasses of red wine, when all of a sudden when the three of them were looking off into the Western Sky at the time looking for the Space Station which can sometimes be seen. It was not visible that night, however, I was looking into the North-North East part of the sky when a orange yellow w a hint of red fireball appeared. It seemed to have just beamed into view and gradually grew larger and larger when at one point it just stood still and then made a U turn and slowly went the other direction as the size grew smaller and then just disappeared! I had alerted my friends and husband when I initially saw the light, so all four of us saw the same thing. There is no doubt in my mind, my husbands and those of our friends that we had witnessed a UFO sighting first hand! I am curious as to whether anyone else saw this!

August 22, 2014 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL

Wantagh, NY

Meteor?...or hoax?? PD

August 22, 2014 · 4:00 AM · FIREBALL

New York City, NY

Looking due north at 4am, I saw what appeared to be the flame from a rocket launch from very far away. It was orange and brighter than Venus. The approximate direction of travel was west. It was difficult to tell if its movement was NW, due W, or SW. I noticed it when it was ~30 degrees above the horizon. At about 40 degrees, it was blocked by clouds. The reason I say it appeared to be a rocket flame is because it looked very similar to a Space Shuttle launch into polar orbit that I watched from New Jersey many years ago.

August 21, 2014 · 11:20 PM · FIREBALL

Oceanside, CA

Looking North from Oceanside toward Camp Pendelton, I saw one orange flickering fireball. I was driving in my truck and saw it hovering up near the clouds. I thought it was a streetlight, at first, but then I realized it was a fireball off in the distance. I pulled over to watch it and film it, but right when I got my phone out and started filming, it faded to black.

August 21, 2014 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL

Davie, FL

It was Thursday August 21, 2014, and I had just started watching the ten o'clock news when my daughter came into my room and told me to look out the window. I asked her, "What is it?'. She raised her voice at me and told me to quickly run to the window. Concerned by her actions I looked out the window. I saw about 5 to six redish lights flying by in a coordinated arched sequence. At first I thought they might be airplanes or helicopters because we live close to Ft. Lauderdale airport but then they broke their flight pattern and flew around in a way that airplanes nor helicopters could. All of a sudden they flashed and then their lights turned off and they disappeared except for one. The one left behind hovered in a slow circular motion then slowly went down by a nearby highway (I-595) behind the trees. I was a bit alarmed that it came down. I contacted a few neighbors to see if anyone else saw the same but they didn't. As all this happened, there wer! e other planes in the area, someone else has to have seen this. Either a pilot, passenger or even drivers on the nearby highway must have seen something. I needed to report it in case someone else did see the lights in the sky. It happened between 10 and 10:30pm in Davie, Florida.

August 20, 2014 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL

Traverse City, MI

While on vacation on spider lake in Traverse City, MI, my fiancé (police corporal) and I saw an orange pulsating light in the sky (extreme cloud cover) accompanied by sound, it didn't seem to move then got closer and turned around and disappeared. A few minutes later it returned and had no sound then disappeared again.

August 20, 2014 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL

Corinth, NY

My wife had stepped out for a smoke. She started yelling for me to come quick. So naturally I responded promptly. Coming from the east and heading in a north/northwest direction was a single fireball object. It was round in shape and orange/red in color. It appeared to be actively burning. Almost like plasma or liquid fire. It was lower in the sky than airliners cruise and moving slower than a meteor. Then it stopped for a few seconds and disappeared. It appeared larger than planes do even when they are landing at near by Saratoga airport. It really freaked my wife out. Being a skeptic, she could not explain what she saw. I on the other hand thoroughly enjoyed the sighting. I believe I have seen other unidentified objects in the past. Neither of us are a trained or active observer. That will change, I'm sure.

August 19, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL

Buffalo, NY

A bit after 9:00 p.m., I went outside. It was dark out, the sun had set, and the only light came from the houses of neighbors. I sat out there for a while and noticed an orange light in the sky. After a few seconds, I immediately knew this wasn't any normal craft, as it moved around in a way that would be impossible for an airplane or a helicopter. I watched it as it moved through the sky, relative to me, it moved two or three inches. Soon enough it began to blink, and then disappeared in the sky. I came back outside about half an hour later, and after watching the same spot in the sky, saw it again. It followed a course very similar to the one before, moving in all the same directions, and then disappearing again.

August 18, 2014 · 11:30 PM · FIREBALL

Myrtle Beach, SC

Within 30 seconds, the smallest 2 went back into the 1st 2 fireballs to come out of the large 1 with end 30 more seconds the 1st 2 went back into the large 1 then in about 15 to 30 seconds the large 1 was gone. dont know if it went up down or out but in a blink of a eye it was no longer there… Never seen anything like it. They where putting off a glow that looked like fireballs floating miles above the ocean.

August 18, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL

Timmonsville, SC

One would blink then go black then the others done the same when it got to the last one all of them would blink the go dark again. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

August 18, 2014 · 10:30 PM · FIREBALL

Narragansett, RI

While fishing at approx 10:30 pm I witnessed & photographed an orange orb moving across the sky from east to west. It was approx. 1,000 ft up moving silently at the speed of a small plane. It appeared to be gaining altitude until it went out of sight. It appeared to have a flame inside with a small flaming trail.

August 18, 2014 · 10:15 PM · FIREBALL

Vancouver (Canada), BC · Canada

Green Fire Ball streaking diagonally downwards. With yellowy white tail. Possible meteor?? PD

August 18, 2014 · 10:10 PM · FIREBALL

Spokane, WA

I would estimate it at around 10-20,000 ft. ele. and If I had to guess it would have hit the Earth somewhere near Deer Park or Chewelah WA. The duration was about 4-5 sec.. I have seen something similar in 1974 in Oregon but this one was much more colorful (yellow and orange and "floating" very slow for a meteor . . . Thanx

August 18, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL

Effingham, SC

Driving home on Hwy 52 I saw these strange orange balls. It was about to start raining. It was lightning in the west. I want to say the balls where absorbing the energy from the lightning, every flash of light the balls would disappear and reappear

August 18, 2014 · 2:00 AM · FIREBALL

Grants Pass, OR

Both, my husband and I, we woke up in the middle of night (2 AM). We both saw an orange huge light ball sitting in the sky through our window (my husband walked out on to the deck). The orange fireball was stationary, and got really bright deep orange with a hue of brown in it. It never moved. We watched it for about 2 minutes and then it gradually faded away. It wasn't a moon, star, planet..it was something much bigger and it was nothing we have ever seen before.

August 17, 2014 · 11:53 PM · FIREBALL

Astoria, NY

I was on the phone with a friend of mine at 11:53 pm and saw a bright orange light in the sky. Initially I ignored it since I'm used to helicopters in the area all of the time. But after awhile, the bright light became more pronounced the closer it got. I got curious and then went out on my balcony to get a better look. When I finally got a good look at it as it flew to the left of my building, I realized it was something I have never seen before. It looked like two orange fiery globes that had been fused in the middle and occasionally sparks of orange light would drop from the bottom of it. I would estimate that it was approximately twice the size of a helicopter but perhaps larger. It made absolutely no sound. This is the first time I have ever seen something that I couldn't explain. Not sure if i'll ever see it again but I have my camera ready this time in case it does.

August 17, 2014 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL

Cugy (Switzerland) · Switzerland

I am leaving in Switzerland, 10km north of Lausanne at Cugy. Two years ago in August, I took position in my lawn on a deckchair at 10:00 in the night to observe the shooting stars of Perséides. At 11:00, after some small tracks, I see over my head two orange halo flying close together and pretty quickly and leaving my horizon after some seconds. Since this event, as often as possible when the sky is clear and if I have free time, I take position in my lawn between 10:30 and 11:30 in the night. Since there, I have seen 7 time this phenomenon: lights flying north to south or south to north. Some time, one object is present, some time two and one time three in triangle. When the lights were in triangle, the formation was very constant like if three lights were soldered together. But, suddenly, one light made a left turn leaving the formation. But the three lights stayed in my field of view of my glass (40X10). After some seconds and just before leaving my horizon, the three lights return in they original formation. My last observation was 17 August at 10:45 in the night. Two objects were present. In resume: Observation of 1 or two or three orange lights like out of focus. Time from horizon to horizon 20 seconds approximatively Track North to South or South to North No speed change Estimation: It seems they are flying above aircrafts. I estimate flying altitude 60.000fts. A small computation says that they are flying at Mach 6 to 10 and have a size larger than a football field!!! It is really an unusual phenomenon!!! I tried to take picture with my camera (Nikon D2H) but the luminosity of object is too poor and they are moving too quickly

August 17, 2014 · 9:20 PM · FIREBALL

Rome, NY

Floating in sky like a chinese lanterns, but too big, and to far up in sky.... Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

August 17, 2014 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL

Manitowoc, WI

At about 9pm on Sunday, August 17, 2014, while I was taking my puppy out to eliminate, I was struck by what I saw up in the sky. I initially saw about four to six red fireball shaped objects drifting together in a uniform pace and line. At first I thought they must be shooting stars, but on closer observation, it was clear that they were not that. They did not seem very high up in the sky and were right above our neighborhood flying in an arc pattern. I called my husband to come out and he too saw them and confirmed that they were not shooting stars or airplanes. They were very quiet and appeared to shimmer and hover. Several minutes later we saw two more slowly drifting along together. It seemed that they all flew slowly in pairs. We live one mile west of Lake Michigan and they were flying toward the southwest.