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Escondido · CA, USA
Fireball at high speed, suddenly stopped, stayed in place for a few seconds, went straight up, blinked, brightened, then disappeared.
Aloha · OR, USA
Bright, silent yellow/orange ball heading west at low altitude, did wide sweeping U-turn at slow speed then whooshed upwards at almost
Soldotna · AK, USA
Driving home from work and spotted 2 orange lights above the tree line. I made a turn and then saw 5 orange lights in a staight line se
Somerville · AL, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by witness, who elects to remain anonymous. PD))
Westerly · NY, USA
Witnessed a fireball shape orb with fire like flare around the orb It was moving laterally/horizontally and eventually moved out toward
Warwick · RI, USA
Red/orange pulsating orb moving steady, slow and low altitude traveling SE to NE
Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
About 9pm on Sept 6 I went outside to have a smoke on the balcony,and jokingly I said to my roommate I hope I see a Ufo! Well no word o
Woodstock · GA, USA
Red fireball went downward and disappeared. It had a little tail with it as it went downward. Near Red Top Mountain backroads.
Fairfield · CA, USA
Strange fireball object in night sky.
Jacksonville · FL, USA
Bright orange streak following circumference of earth, then abrupt change in direction into space and change from orange to white.
Palm Springs · CA, USA
Large shooting star spotted due north of Palm Springs, CA
South El Monte · CA, USA
EL MONTE, CA. One bright "ball-like" object falls, comes to stop, and redirects itself heading NE till out of view.
Mansfield · OH, USA
Ball of orange light, low in the sky, moving much faster than a plane, headed southbound.
United Kingdom
Fireball. Used torch to shine at it. It quickly disappeared. ((anonymous report))
Middletown · NY, USA
Seen a glowey firey bright light above horizon, above the trees, moving towards sky, diagonally. It was blazing brighter red toward the
Annandale · VA, USA
We’re coming from DC to our home in Annadale Va around 12:15 am by the Little River Turnpike and the Pinecrest Blvd a bright red fire
Middletown · NY, USA
After witnessing one, my daughter and I now seen two red firey bright lights with lighter red trails glowing around them, slowly moving
Shingletown · CA, USA
Fireball with a tail heading in a downward motion
Cynthiana · KY, USA
Big ball of fire. It move extremely fast. It was so fast it was almost out of sight by the time I got my cell phone out and snapped a p
Fredericksburg · VA, USA
2 round, orange lights appear, then dim out. ((anonymous report))
Marysville · CA, USA
I witnessed either an extremely large or close, unidentified fireball "falling" to earth SSE-east of E. Marysville.((anonymous report))
Bay Head · NJ, USA
Fireball changing color and shape over the Ocean Bay Head, NJ. ((anonymous report))
Keedysville · MD, USA
5 fireball shaped in a close tight formation moving slowly to the N. One made a wide red beam of light appear. ((anonymous report))
East Tawas · MI, USA
Orange fireball seen in cloud covered sky