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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
April 7, 2015 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Cave Creek, AZ
On April 7, at approximately 8:45 pm, in Cave Creek, AZ., I saw a bright object streak across the sky. It moved in a straight line at a slight upward angle and vanished. The object was travelling north/east. The entire sighting lasted approximately 5 seconds. The object was about 20 times bigger than what a planet appears to be in the sky. I would guess its flight path to have occurred about 250 ft from the ground. It seemed slower than a meteor but way faster than a plane. I would describe the movement as streaking across the sky.
April 5, 2015 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Medicine Hat (Canada), AB · Canada
It was 11:15 pm, Sunday night, April 5, 2015, Medicine Hat, Alberta. I went out in my backyard for a smoke. I noticed out of the corner of my eyes, two round reddish orange balls, almost looked like roman candle fireworks. They both came into view over the houses, They both went pretty straight up, Then they started moving from the south to the north. Both were same size, One stated going higher then the other. About 1/4 size of the moon, alot bigger then the stars. I seen them travel a good ways, before they faded in the distance towards Redcliff Alberta. It is hard to tell how close i was, it wasnt close enough to make out andy craft features, All i could tell was the bottom looked to jet engines facing the ground. No blinking lights, faster then an air plane which I see daily, just a steady glow. I was very shocked, but very excited. I have always been curious. I took two poor quality videos with my cell phone. I didn't think right at the moment. If I ever experience this again I will make one long video without zooming in and better reference points although it was dark out very poor picture quality.
April 5, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Attleboro, MA
We saw 6 objects moving silently and slightly erratically from west to east. They all started out appearing from below the horizon in the west, rising upward then turning to the east. Appeared to move in a sweeping arch toward the east and not in a straight line like a plane. Their color varied from light orange to dark orange and one almost appeared to be on fire. I had my camera and zoomed in as much as I could and saw that they were all spheres, almost like small suns. Their speed was not constant but varied and one moved side to side while moving westward. One also was very close to another one but did not touch. No sound at all yet they seemed to be fairly close to us. Lasted about 10 minutes in all. First three appeared, then two then one by itself, all traveled in the same direction. When I zoomed in I could see no wings or anything attached to the spheres, only the lit up spheres themselves.
April 5, 2015 · 2:00 PM · FIREBALL
Almaty (Kazakhstan), Kazakhstan
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 4, 2015 · 6:45 PM · FIREBALL
Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic
And then it start elevating slow and then it became a big and shine start which was different from the others after 45 min it disappear.
April 4, 2015 · 10:58 AM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
Enjoying firepit in back yard when my brother in law noticed a large( compaired to stars, small if compaired to moon.) bright red light. We watched it change direction several times, the lights flickered a bit, and it seemed to slowly fade out as if flying to space.
April 3, 2015 · 8:25 PM · FIREBALL
Kingwood, TX
There were at first 3, yellow/deep orange bright lights, too close together and too small to be airplanes, and they were moving slightly north and more west. They at first looked small enough to just be a nearby planet or for some reason large star, but then I realized they were moving and were definitely neither of those. As I watched the first three, somewhat fireball-like lights move across the sky, a fourth peeked up behind the tree line in front of me and was following the other 3 (who happened to be in a group somewhat like a triangle shape). Eventually a fifth light came from the treeline, still following the other 4. They all remained in the air, seemingly high in the atmosphere, until they either turned a different way and we could not see the light or they dimmed out, it was hard to tell. But soon after seeing the fifth one, two of the first 3 began to quickly dim and distinguish. There was no sound, only light.
April 1, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Columbus, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 31, 2015 · 10:50 AM · FIREBALL
West Yarmouth, MA
My friend and I were driving Down route 28 in West Yarmouth about 10:50pm. Straight ahead of us in the sky we witnessed a bright greenish cored fireball looking object moving slowly in a south, downward direction then suddenly shot straight up in northern direction as very high speed and then disappeared. The entire sighting lasted between 3-5 seconds.
March 31, 2015 · 4:45 AM · FIREBALL
Washington, NJ
Low flying round white light. Too fast to be a plane. Too close and bright to be a meteor. Very high velocity. No sound.
March 29, 2015 · 11:10 PM · FIREBALL
Cottonwood, CA
I Was sky watching before going to bed I saw bright ball with what looked like fire coming from the back going from South to North and it just disappeared. So quick. I just wish I had my camera on.
March 29, 2015 · 3:00 AM · FIREBALL
Hanover, MD
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 28, 2015 · 10:20 PM · FIREBALL
Uttar Pradesh (India) · India
I was sleeping in my room it was about 22:10pm midnight when i opened my eyes i looked outside the window and i saw a fire ball in the sky i took my camera and i taked photographs of UFO i was looking to it and suddenly it moved upwards and suddenly disappeard and after few minutes UFO came back and disappeared after 2 to 4 minutes.
March 28, 2015 · 9:18 PM · FIREBALL
Boynton Beach, FL
I was sitting with my parents on their back porch and my dad pointed out a strange object in the sky. We all walked out further into the yard to get a better look, and I immediately took a picture, and then started recording it on my phone. The object looked like an orange ball of fire. At first my dad thought an airplane was on fire, but then pointed out there was absolutely no noise coming from it at all. It moved very slowly in our direction and wasn't making any erratic movements. Once it passed overhead it quickly ascended (not lightening bolt fast, but just a relatively hurried steady pace) and the light became dimmer, until we finally lost sight of it. I can provide the picture and video I took upon request.
March 27, 2015 · 8:15 PM · FIREBALL
Loveland, CO
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 27, 2015 · 7:50 PM · FIREBALL
Holbrook, MA
I was driving home from work at about 7:50 p.m. on Friday night. I was in Holbrook driving towards Weymouth/Abington on Route 139. In the distance through the tree tops, I could see a bunch of orange dots in the sky. It was very strange. Then as I got closer, I could see much clearer, they were bigger. There were at least 30 of them in the sky hovering over route 139 above the trees. They did not make any sound. They were roundish in shape, kind of like firey look coming out of the bottom. They were all pointed in the same direction and scattered everywhere. They did not appear to be moving, however I was driving so they could have been traveling at a very slow speed, not sure. There were not a lot of cars out that night. The car in front of me pulled over. I kept driving. Three cars coming the opposite direction had pulled over too. I drove under them and did not stop. I wish I had stopped to take a picture or video. I was talking on my cell phone at the time, and the whole thing came upon me so quickly, I was not expecting it. It was the strangest thing ever. I have never experienced anything like this in my life before. I just could not believe what my eyes had seen.
March 26, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Portland, OR
Three pulsating fireballs. Two of them went out of our viewing range, the third continued to hover around, almost dance about, with no direct path, sometimes came to a dead stop. Finally, it faded until it disappeared completely.
March 26, 2015 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Miami, FL
We were standing outside on the 7th floor of our building where there is a pool deck and barbecue cooking steaks when over the water of Biscayne Bay - due east of us about 1 mile - we saw a very slow moving flaming object - quite large (this is on the approach to Miami Airport so we see planes in that vicinity every few minutes - It looked like what you imagine a large commercial jet, engulfed in flames - would look like. After about 15 seconds a ball of flame fell, arcing downwards from the body of the main fireball. I had my phone out and shot some video - not terribly distinguishable - the falling flame disappeared behind the buildings in our view towards the water. The main flame faded out immediately and disappeared. It did appear that there were lights in the same area and they turned 270 degrees and headed north, looking like a normal plane's lights.... Very weird. We thought that it possibly could be a banner like the ones they tow behind planes over! the beach had somehow gotten ignited and was detached but it was much higher than those planes fly and I have no idea how you would ignite something like that.
March 26, 2015 · 8:20 PM · FIREBALL
Lake Wales, FL
About a minute later, saw another one to the right of where I saw those, and it also faded out and disappeared. The fireballs were an orange/red color.
March 25, 2015 · 7:20 AM · FIREBALL
Holtsville, NY
This occurred around 7:20 AM while getting my child ready for school. The sky was clear and blue. I was standing in front of my kitchen sink. In the reflection of my glass table top to my left I can see the sky and eave of the house. The windows to the left of the table face north. A small, bright, yellow/orange star shaped object came into view on the table reflection from the north and left view over the eave of the house to the south. It took 2 seconds to enter the table reflection and leave it. I then ran outside to look at the sky to the south but saw nothing. There was no streak attached to this object. I decided to test my vision making sure it was not the reflection of a passing car with it's lights on. When a car was approaching with it's lights on, I went back into position and watched the reflection. No cars, or the street could be seen in the view of the table top's reflection- only the sky, Treetop and the eave of the house. There was also no sound when the object passed. Just one single, orb type light that gently passed in the sky.
March 24, 2015 · 7:05 AM · FIREBALL
Eagle River, AK
I was driving to eagle river when I saw an orange glowing object in the sky. By my estimate, the altitude of this orange ball was somewhere around 10000 feet. It shot over the mountian with incredible speed, yet it never made a sound I could hear. It went out of sight behind some trees, but was heading in a southwest direction. I got on the highway going southwest toward anchorage. This took about 20 seconds because I had to go through a school zone. When I got on the highway, this abnormally quick fireball was almost out of sight. It had easily made it east of anchorage where it appeared to stop, pulsate a few times, and disappear. I know this fireball was travelling over the speed of sound. I know when I'm looking at a jet or helicopter. It was neither. This was not earthly, and it did things we cannot.
March 23, 2015 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Cannon Falls, MN
Bright orange light glided across the sky from East to West that appeared almost like a plane on fire, but was an orb shape. As it neared I could see a pale blue color at its center, and it looked like flames. It had what appeared to be a halo off to the South. I saw it from a window and walked outside for a better look and heard here was no sound. I first appeared to me through the window as it came over the horizon of rooftops and then disappeared after it reached the tree tops of the nearby woods, so it seemed to be flying low.
March 22, 2015 · 9:35 AM · FIREBALL
Ladera Ranch, CA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 21, 2015 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Salem, OR
I went to the top of a street 1313 Morningside Dr SE, Salem, OR, 97302, and as I turned right onto a short drive called 13th Street SE going towards Hillendale, I pulled over to observe an orange illuminated orb about 1/2 - mile in slow movement, over the trees coming from the west to east in a straight line. It was incredibly close. Then it took a right angle turn going south just about in front of me and began to get dimmer and dimmer with the glow turning more into embers or slight flares and then I could see its outline continuing southward and upward but without light of any kind, just fading into the night sky, but could see the outline for many seconds, without the orange, and the outline did not appear to be round, like the orb was. Then this exact thing happened again, and again, and again, up to 10 times. The 3rd one seemed to try to catch up to the 2 in front and sped up a bit, it also seemed larger, and it slightly veered further straight before it took its right angle turn. Each one had the basic same protocols. I could not see where they came from because they would come over a tree top to the west of this small tiny street about the size of 3 houses. In all it was 7 minutes. I waited about 10 minutes to see if any more came, and none did. One seemed to stop a short while, or slowed way down before it banked right. I am not technical, I have an old fashioned cell, and I don't know how to take pics. Now I should learn. And did not have your ph # with me, but now I will.