Fireball moves slowly across the sky, puses, then changes directions - Long Beach, CA
Object moved slowly from approximately 45 degrees above the SE horizon toward the NW. It paused at about 80 degrees to the S for approximately 4 minutes. I called for my wife to get our 1000x video camera and the binoculars. Binoculars were too shaky. It moved S to N, again slowly. I was able to video it for a few seconds because of the shakes. It was a very bright red with white center fireball but I couldn’t make out any distinctive features of it. After it had passed over head to the Northern sky it faded out of sight at about 45 degrees to the horizon. If I would have to say it was something for certain I would say a flare attached under a bag or something. The altitude, however, was very high. When it appeared to not be moving it could very well have been moving up instead of directionally horizontal. I don’t really know. I did video it briefly but the video isn’t clear enough to determine what it was. I do live right in the flight path of an airport (within 2 miles). I know how they move through the sky. This object had no FAA lighting. A few planes flew W to E near and what appeared to be under the object. They didn’t seem to take note of it.
Object moved slowly from approximately 45 degrees above the SE horizon toward the NW. It paused at about 80 degrees to the S for approximately 4 minutes. I called for my wife to get our 1000x video camera and the binoculars. Binoculars were too shaky. It moved S to N, again slowly. I was able to video it for a few seconds because of the shakes. It was a very bright red with white center fireball but I couldn’t make out any distinctive features of it. After it had passed over head to the Northern sky it faded out of sight at about 45 degrees to the horizon. If I would have to say it was something for certain I would say a flare attached under a bag or something. The altitude, however, was very high. When it appeared to not be moving it could very well have been moving up instead of directionally horizontal. I don’t really know. I did video it briefly but the video isn’t clear enough to determine what it was. I do live right in the flight path of an airport (within 2 miles). I know how they move through the sky. This object had no FAA lighting. A few planes flew W to E near and what appeared to be under the object. They didn’t seem to take note of it.
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Long Beach
USA
20 minutes
20 minutes
33.80
-118.18
fireball
CA
Occurred : 11/12/2008 09:15 (Entered as : 11/12/08 9:15) Reported: 11/12/2008 10:16:45 PM 22:16 Posted: 1/10/2009 Location: Long Beach, CA Shape: Fireball Duration: 20 minutes Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Fireball moves slowly across the sky, puses, then changes directions - Long Beach, CA