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December 10, 2016 · 10:10 PM · FIREBALL
Delta, CO
On the evening of December 10, 2016, my husband and I were driving toward Delta, Colorado, on Highway 50 at a little after 9:00 or so. Through our windshield, we saw an AMAZING FIREBALL that was actually quite scary coming down in the farmland a little northwest of the town of Delta. It appeared to be a meteor that was flaming down toward the land and seemed to extinguish just a couple of hundred feet before impact. Once he concluded that is was not the missile he thought it was, my husband remarked that some farmer is going to find a really cool meteor in his field this spring. I am posting this a little late as we concluded this was just a larger meteor than most, however, others in Delta have been talking about seeing lights in he sky that preceded what we had observed around the same time. I thought I would report what we saw to corroborate any other sightings that night in the area. It was remarkably unusual. We have amended the time of the incident, to reflect a nighttime sighting, which we assume. PD
December 10, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Delta, CO
December 10, 2016 9:15pm We live five miles East of Delta, Co. On 12/10/2016, I sited 2 orange/pink spheres/fireballs, the were hovering and a slight motion left to right. Seconds later another one appeared . The third one appeared low on the horizon, than gained altitude to join the other two. They made a triangle formation. I went in the house got my husband out of bed and by the time we got back outside a fourth one had appeared and they made a diamond formation. They hovered for a few seconds, than one by one at a high rate of speed moved west over Delta and disappeared into the clouds. As the fourth one disappeared two more appeared at the original spot, hovering, than a third one appeared much closer to us, The last one appeared to be within a forth of a mile from us as it was a lot larger than the others, the three of them made a triangle formation and than again one by one moved west. There was on sound. This took about 6 to 7 minutes. There was a cloud bank to the south of us, and t! hey appeared below the cloud band and in front of it. They gained altitude, as they move West over Delta they then flew into the cloud bank and disappeared. Only the last one that appeared must have turned as it took a different shape, fireball in front and a slight arch and a smaller fireball at the end. Temperature 37 degrees and no wind. We live in the country and there is no road noise, so when there is noise it is easy to distinguish what it is.
December 7, 2016 · 10:50 PM · FIREBALL
Napili, HI
My husband and I were watching a movie, the window was open, and I saw a bright fast moving UFO, it was like a fireball. It crashed into the ocean, it was so big with a long tail. The light disappeared for a second, and them appeared again, before going into the ocean.
December 7, 2016 · 10:10 PM · FIREBALL
Bellingham, WA
Bright white fireball, likely meteor moving east to west. Witness provides no information; elects to remain anonymous. PD
December 7, 2016 · 7:00 AM · FIREBALL
Orlando, FL
Witness provides no contact information. PD
December 6, 2016 · 7:15 PM · FIREBALL
Austin, NV
I immediately radioed my wife (we had picked up some 2-way radios for the trip) and said, "Quick! Look in front of us at that shooting-...". I didn't finish my sentence because as I was speaking, it began to slow down without fading. It then came to a stop, pulsated or barely flashed (not very bright, though) and then another one appeared to the right (east) of the original light/object. About a second later, a third one appeared (again, on the right) and now there were three of them! in a line. Almost like Orion's Belt. About a second or two after the appearance of the third and final light, the original one disappeared (like someone turning off a light switch), then the second one followed suite. The third one, however, made an arcing maneuver towards where the original light was and then disappeared. My wife (who is going to file a separate report) came over the radio and said what I was thinking, "That's not a shooting star." About 10 min later (19:25 or so), I saw a single and same amber/orange light I had seen previously. This one was higher in the sky; where I had to lean in towards the steering wheel and look up out the front windshield (it seemed to be from the same part of the sky as the original sighting). This light, however, was very active. It moved, pretty rapidly, in a horseshoe pattern (from west to east) and then started heading back west before I lost sight of it directly above my truck. Right after its horseshoe maneuver, I saw a white light (a lot smaller than the amber one) shooting from east to west at an incredible speed, where it disappeared near an aircraft (it was slow moving with the usual green/red blinking lights) that I hadn't noticed until that moment. I tried to look out my mirrors to see more, but could only see the aircraft. I radioed my wife during this second sighting as well. She'll be submitting her report shortly. I'll never forget that night as long as I live. Thanks for listening.
December 5, 2016 · 1:40 AM · FIREBALL
La Pine, OR
This Thing was Bright Orange and lighted up the sky!!! I was on my porch, calling in my dog, and from South to North, this thing was a bright orange fireball ... It is about 19 degrees here... Crystal Clear Skies....
December 3, 2016 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL
Eureka, CA
I've seen them 2 years in a row day and night around December ish 2016 2017 the first time was only 1 and I was walking home late night I look up and it was follow ing me just above the fog
November 29, 2016 · 6:00 AM · FIREBALL
Anchor Point, AK
Looking out the window towards Homer we noticed the object above the tree line hovering for about 15 mins. It was flashing white red blue & balls of light dancing around each other fast. Grabbed the binoculars to get a better look and could see little trails of light as the balls darted around and then it seemed to move around barely at first then more and more erratic until it just sort of faded out into the distance towards Kachemak Bay out of sight. We spoke briefly via telephone with the source of the report, and he assures us that he sees the same, or similar, light in different areas of the sky, at the same time of morning. PD
November 28, 2016 · 6:00 AM · FIREBALL
Centerville, IL
We where just sitting in the car an we seen 2 lights but it looked like car lights in the sky so that caught our attention knowing plains have onw light an flashing blue an red lights it was going in a straight agle then it stopped in mid air flashed little lights then wit up we seen it going thru the clouds then fire from the bottom an then nonthing just like that like 5 mins after that we seen 2 black jets like army jets real close to the ground but high enough for safty an a hard loud wind but no sound from the other 2 flying objects an the 2 jets came from a totaly different direction.
November 27, 2016 · 10:00 AM · FIREBALL
Allentown, PA
Seen 9-10 orange lights flying in a swarm. They came from the far north and came closer to the city as they came closer they bagan to disperse and dissapear when they reached a certain point someone took a video I hope he posts it this was my first experience i was always interested but when you see it formal it's scary lol I told a lady she's was wiping her car and she looked real quick and said wow and kept cleaning lol a lot of people were looking From their cars very fascinating. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 26, 2016 · 4:56 PM · FIREBALL
McChord AFB/Ft. Lewis, WA
At first the balls looked to be possibly Chinese lanterns, but it was raining. It was three objects the last object seemed to be trailing the first two. All objects then dissipated into the sky. I have video but wasn't able to email it because of size. I want to send it to you guys. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 25, 2016 · 6:30 PM · FIREBALL
Brandon, FL
My wife and I watched this thing for 5 minutes as it circled as if it was waiting to land at the St Pete, Fl, airport. This thing was engulfed in flames flying in the air. As it got further another plane was close to it. We then saw 3 flashes of flames, then it disappeared. Did the other plane shoot it down? No news reports or anything online
November 21, 2016 · 5:00 PM · FIREBALL
Alexandria, VA
looked up at 5:00am walking the Dog like fire flare shoot down from the sky big and fast.the sky is dark and this fire ball had a tail behind it. I was walking towards buildings it vanished fast Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 20, 2016 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
San Jose, CA
i just finish smoking on the pizzo, went outside with the fellas, in all of sudden the clouds started a forming weriod shapes, in out of no were a fireball or metor came out the sky with a flashing light, a few minutes after we seen the clouds form paramid type shapes, second time in seeing usual ufo acctivity in my city NOR-CALI TO BE EXACT.. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
November 19, 2016 · 6:30 PM · FIREBALL
Zephyrhills, FL
Streaks of fire following under unknown object climbing into sky. Thought it might have been a launch from Cape Canaveral, but no info online. Fire went out after it reached so high into the sky. Stayed in sky, hovering for like 2min., then shot back down towards land. Turned red halfway down and disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 18, 2016 · 1:44 AM · FIREBALL
Farmington, NH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 17, 2016 · 7:40 PM · FIREBALL
Jordan, MT
Off to the East, I saw what I can only describe as a "comet", or what I think one would look like. It was a bright green bright ball with light trailing behind it, tails? And it fell off into the dark sky and disappeared. The entire experience was less than a minute, feels considerably longer because of how detailed I remember the experience being and all the thoughts I had in the few seconds trying to rationalize what I saw
November 16, 2016 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL
Carlton, OR
Bright green object with white outer ring was moving across sky in southern direction. Appeared to come from higher up and arch downward, then disappeared.
November 16, 2016 · 4:00 PM · FIREBALL
Mosinee, WI
Was driving home and exited off from USH 51 to HWY 34 south. Straight in front of me in the sky was what looked like an orange ball of fire, I pulled over, it changed into 3 or 4 whites lights for a second or two and then disappeared in a matter of a second or two.
November 15, 2016 · 3:45 AM · FIREBALL
Saltillo, MS
Bright silver/white "streak" with an estimated altitude of maybe 1000-1200 ft above tree line, NE of Saltillo, MS (South of Guntown, MS). Brightness increased as "object" streaked down toward the earth, then made an abrupt 90 degree left turn due East toward Tupelo, MS. Intensity faded as object moved East. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 13, 2016 · 6:25 PM · FIREBALL
Monroeville, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 13, 2016 · 4:50 PM · FIREBALL
Wheaton, MD
Fireball might not be the best description - more like a bright white comet-shaped object (short tail) that seemed to float in the air as it moved at a good clip. No sound and no contrail. I observed it out of my right view as I looked south (on my way to picking up Chinese food). I had seen similar objects the day before (November 12 - Bethesda, MD report) and on November 5 (Bethesda, MD report) and October 15 (Kensington, MD - report not filed). The white object was high in the sky - no clouds were present. It was moving from right to left (West to East). Wheaton, Maryland, is about 4 miles directly north of Washington, DC, and the airspace is pretty restricted. The object veered - or more like pivoted - southward, as if heading toward DC/Virginia. It then completely dissipated. It looked like it vaporized. Not fading slowly from view, but gone. I took a video of the incident. The other times I saw these objects, there were either three or four together, maybe a few miles apart from each other or closer. They may be in one field of view - kind of close but distant from each other. It's weird - you see just one, and then there will be three or four in view. These appear to be the same things described in the Philadelphia, PA November 5, 2016 17:15 report of four cigar-shaped objects. My report of November 5 was from an hour later (DC is south of Philly and the things were traveling southwesterly when I saw them). Here are their characteristics from my four sightings: no sound; very high; very large; "soft" (not hard outlines); bright white - likely reflecting the sun; no contrail or vapor trail; appear in groups (three or four) sometimes (first one and then the others); not in same "space" as other aircraft in the area; looks like a slant sometimes; flies slanted; changes directions with pivots and not regular turns; seem to float, but also move fast - alternately and at the same time; no discernible body; tail is short at times and longer at other times, likely due to perspective as it rotates or moves from you; tail can appear to be a sideways V when viewed from one angle and straight - like a slant - when viewed from another; does not have lights (as if the objects would not be seen at night); they are being flown, not drifting - movement is purposeful; at least one seemed to disappear (vaporize like a puff either through rapid acceleration or otherwise); my vi! ewings were in late afternoon, early twilight (coincidence?). I'm ((deleted--fifties)) and never have seen a UFO until these four incidents.
November 13, 2016 · 12:01 AM · FIREBALL
Grand Rapids, MI
Object seen in south east sky moving in an erratic motion up and down left and right in no order, flickering, almost looking like a fire from a Chinese lantern but the movement and duration is not consistent with one. Slowly drifting south and gaining altitude as time goes on. Possibly a star?? PD