Unidentified orange ball of light observed ascending from ground into sky, lost sight of object in clouds.
I had just gotten off of work and was driving home when I observed a bright orange ball go from ground level and into the clouds. The object was bright enough to light up the clouds around it, and at first glance I thought it was the moon. The object did not appear to have a shape that I could see but the light was bright enough to have a kind of flare effect.
As I watched the ball of light ascend into the clouds I lost track of it. There weren't many clouds in the sky that morning I could see stars clearly. The object did not appear to alter its course in any way and I assumed it was a rocket launch from the nearby Kennedy Space Center.
When I arrived home I could find no reference of any launches and when I turned on the NASA channel they were not covering any launches.
I was facing east on Osceola Parkway and the object appeared east-north-east of my position. I think it has to be a rocket launch of some sort from KSC, but cannot find any informat! ion regarding this. Further, I have witnessed two launches from the NASA causeway and viewed several launches from the Orlando area. All previous launches left vapor trails, this did not.
I had just gotten off of work and was driving home when I observed a bright orange ball go from ground level and into the clouds. The object was bright enough to light up the clouds around it, and at first glance I thought it was the moon. The object did not appear to have a shape that I could see but the light was bright enough to have a kind of flare effect.
As I watched the ball of light ascend into the clouds I lost track of it. There weren't many clouds in the sky that morning I could see stars clearly. The object did not appear to alter its course in any way and I assumed it was a rocket launch from the nearby Kennedy Space Center.
When I arrived home I could find no reference of any launches and when I turned on the NASA channel they were not covering any launches.
I was facing east on Osceola Parkway and the object appeared east-north-east of my position. I think it has to be a rocket launch of some sort from KSC, but cannot find any informat! ion regarding this. Further, I have witnessed two launches from the NASA causeway and viewed several launches from the Orlando area. All previous launches left vapor trails, this did not.
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Kissimmee
USA
15 seconds
15 seconds
28.28
-81.44
light
FL
Occurred : 11/23/2009 01:50 (Entered as : 11/23/2009 01:50) Reported: 11/22/2009 11:58:28 PM 23:58 Posted: 12/12/2009 Location: Kissimmee, FL Shape: Light Duration: 15 seconds Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object
Unidentified orange ball of light observed ascending from ground into sky, lost sight of object in clouds.