2009-08-15 - New York, NY - Fireball

I was on phone with my sister and looked out kitchen window to view pond in yard. Towards the north I spotted at first what I described to my sister as a plane on fire but one I exited house an viewed it from yard it looked more like a cone/triangle shaped object that shifted forms somewhat as I viewed it. It was sometimes more triangle shaped than cone but the light on bottom remained what looked like a sphere of fire. After about 30 seconds I got off phone and told my sister to call my mom and tell her to look outside. I then called up my neighbor and talked to him for the duration of event. Unfortunatly he was not home at the time but wanted to listen to my descriptions. I was honestly so amazed and scarred at what I was seeing I was glad to have his presense over the phone. I watched the 1st object for 2-3mins move slowly eastwards and hover before it slowly moved upwards and northeast gradually going over horizon. I rememeber telling my neighbor it was ! gone but I couldn't stop watching sky. My skygazing was rewarded about 30-45 seconds later when another similiar object appeared. This one hovered in sky near the location where 1st one did for about 1 minute before moving north and upwards thru the clouds. My feelings during this event were that I was seeing something I wasn't supposed to be seeing. A ufo here? How come theres not hundreds of other people able to see this. I left event deluding myself into writing it off as a flare and maybe it was. I'm no expert in non commercial aircraft. Lately I'm feeling that I was lucky to see it. Glad to share.