2005-03-21 - Kokomo, IN - Fireball

From my back yard (taking the dog out) this evening is the 3rd time I have seen these "lights". I've never seen anything like it....ever. Brighter than stars, almost fire-like in color. Tonight there was something like a pattern of three fireball lights in a row (like a straight line) and then a fourth fireball appeared...then they faded out. 1st sighting late summer/early fall 2004: The first time I seen these "lights of fire"....I was a mile west of my home coming to a stop sign. I'm an aviation freak, so I'm always looking for small general aviation planes (day or night). The lights were so bright, it naturally grabbed my attention. It didn't look like airplane lights flying directly toward me...looked like fire. I seriously started to wonder if there was a mid-air with two planes, a plane with an engine fire....or even a flare from a flare gun. Totally unexplainable ...it only lasted about 30 seconds to less than a minute. (thought I would never see it again). Months later it happened a second time (later 2004). I was on the same road in my truck heading in the same westerly direction....towards that same stop sign. After turning north at the stop sign (where I sat a few secs longer this time), I drove slower and tried to keep an eye out to my left. (nothing else that night). I couldn't believe it saw it again. So this evening, I'm taking the dog out to potty and up in the night-time westerly sky are those very same looking lights or fireballs again. All times were around 8pm with night sky. Now I've gotta know.....what is it? I'm get a little crazy sometimes, but seeing this same phenom three separate times on different dates only confirms that I'm really seeing something. I surely cannot be the only person in central Indiana who is seeing this happen.

((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD))