Size of Object(s)

larger than a plane; maybe about the size of a golfball in the sky

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

hard to say; about the height of a plane circling for landing or helicoptor flight level(?)

Color of Object(s):

yellow-orange color w/solid black center

Full Description & Details

I was outside smoking when I looked up and directly in front of me (not directly above me), in the sky, I saw a huge ball of like fire traveling at a very high speed. It was not really streaking as it traveled it was more of just a large fire colored oval except the perimiter was not solid looking it kind of melted away on the edges like fire or light, but again it was not streaking (like a shooting star). This object was flying almost directly away from where I sat, so it is hard to say what the exact angle was that it was traveling at, but it seemed to be almost level across the sky, not much of an incline or decline.

The really odd thing was though, that in the middle of the bright fire ball was what seemed to be a solid, black object. It was almost in an hourglass shape, very slightly smaller across its center than at either end.

I saw it as I said in the sky directly in front of me. The sky was completely clear that night and I could see thousands of stars, this was not a star. I could only see its flight for about 5-10 seconds or so, then it went out. The light was gone and it just disappeared. I searched the sky for the solid black part of the object and saw nothing. The sky was a very blue color that night, I firgured some sign of the black object would still be visible against the lighter sky; it was completely gone.

There were no other objects that it could have disappeared behind, the sky was empty and I live in the country (kinda), and this was well above the highest trees around. It was probably about as high up as a low flying plane.

When it disappeared it was almost like it was going to go even faster, but the lights went out and it was gone so suddenly I can't say for sure.

I wrote to a NASA site and asked them about this. They had an asteroid marked on their calendar the night of the 13th; they advised me this may have been a 'Fireball' sighting. I don't beleive that...it doesn't add up. I O's either, so I wanted to ask you what you think about this sighting.

I am not a full believer, but I am open minded. I really just want to know the truth behind what I saw. I have never heard anyone else describe a sighting that was similiar to this object that I saw; on the other hand, I swear the fire color around the object seemed more like a light, rather than fire. There was no streaking, it didn't seem to move or fade and it went off like a light, it did not fade out.

Witness Background

23 years old. Seeing is believing type. I have never seen a UFO before and have never really believed...I am still not sure I saw a real UFO; although it is still not positively id'd. Now that I have seen this though I am much more open-minded and extremely curious.

Other Comments

Please email me w/comments, as I explained, I am still unsure of my sighting, but am not pleased with anyother guesses which have been given. Satelite, plane, meteor, commet, shooting star or 'Fireball'.

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