BURNING ORB FLOATING OVERHEAD
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE INFRONT OF THE HOUSE LOOKING AT THE STARS AND AIRPLANES OVERHEAD. IT WAS LIKE A BURNING CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER THAT WAS FLOATING IN THE SKY. WE COULD TELL THE OBJECT WAS ON FIRE BECAUSE IT HAD A FLICKER TO IT. THE COLOR WAS THAT OF A ROARING BONFIRE, FLAME ORANGE. THE OBJECT CONTINUED TO FLOAT BY AS IF CAUGHT BY THE WIND CURRENT, LIKE A RUNAWAY BALLOON. AFTER WE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE OBJECT FOR APROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER ANOTHE SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. AFTER FLOATING OVER THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND TOWARDS THE NEXT NIEGHBORHOOD IT SEEMED TO JUST FLUTTER / FLICKER OUT.
((FOLLOW-UP REPORT FROM SAME WITNESS))
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT. I WAS FACING THE STREET AND MY NIEGHBOR WAS FACING ME, AS WE WERE ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION. I SPOTTED THE SAME TYPE OF OBJECT AS I HAD SEEN BEFORE. A BURNING SOMETHING FLOATING THROUGH THE SKY OVERHEAD. THE OBJECT HAD MORE OF A RED GLOW TO IT THIS TIME BUT IT WAS STILL FLAME COLORED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES OF WATCHING IT FLOAT BY A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER ANOTHER PIECE DROPPED OFF. THE OBJECT FLOATED FOR A FEW SECONDS MORE AND BEGAN TO FALL AND THEN FLUTTERED OUT.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. We hope that residents of the Los Angeles area are not launching hot-air balloons with pyrotechnic devices suspended below them. PD))
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE INFRONT OF THE HOUSE LOOKING AT THE STARS AND AIRPLANES OVERHEAD. IT WAS LIKE A BURNING CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER THAT WAS FLOATING IN THE SKY. WE COULD TELL THE OBJECT WAS ON FIRE BECAUSE IT HAD A FLICKER TO IT. THE COLOR WAS THAT OF A ROARING BONFIRE, FLAME ORANGE. THE OBJECT CONTINUED TO FLOAT BY AS IF CAUGHT BY THE WIND CURRENT, LIKE A RUNAWAY BALLOON. AFTER WE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE OBJECT FOR APROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER ANOTHE SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. AFTER FLOATING OVER THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND TOWARDS THE NEXT NIEGHBORHOOD IT SEEMED TO JUST FLUTTER / FLICKER OUT.
((FOLLOW-UP REPORT FROM SAME WITNESS))
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT. I WAS FACING THE STREET AND MY NIEGHBOR WAS FACING ME, AS WE WERE ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION. I SPOTTED THE SAME TYPE OF OBJECT AS I HAD SEEN BEFORE. A BURNING SOMETHING FLOATING THROUGH THE SKY OVERHEAD. THE OBJECT HAD MORE OF A RED GLOW TO IT THIS TIME BUT IT WAS STILL FLAME COLORED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES OF WATCHING IT FLOAT BY A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER ANOTHER PIECE DROPPED OFF. THE OBJECT FLOATED FOR A FEW SECONDS MORE AND BEGAN TO FALL AND THEN FLUTTERED OUT.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. We hope that residents of the Los Angeles area are not launching hot-air balloons with pyrotechnic devices suspended below them. PD))
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Bellflower
USA
5-10 MIN
5-10 MIN
33.88
-118.13
fireball
CA
Occurred : 10/21/2003 19:00 (Entered as : 10/21/2003 19:00) Reported: 2/21/2004 6:38:35 PM 18:38 Posted: 3/2/2004 Location: Bellflower, CA Shape: Fireball Duration: 5-10 MIN Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, The object emitted other objects
BURNING ORB FLOATING OVERHEAD