We saw 20 to 30 fireballs floating or gliding higher and then slowly flickering out.
My husband and my sister and I just came back from playing miniature golf and were driving along the road. My sister saw what she thought were red stars and asked what they were. My husband and I both said they were just towers, as we were near the airport. But then they started to move and get closer and we knew they were not towers.
Every few seconds more would float up until there were about 20 to 30 in the sky. We pulled over into a nearby plaza to get a better look and try to get some pictures. Several other people had pulled in to look at them too. One guy yelled out his window to us "what ARE those?" We answered that we had no idea.
The objects were completely silent. They left no trails. They looked like orangish-reddish fire, they flickered, but it was clear that it was not aircraft lights (like red/white of planes). Also they didn't appear to flash uniformily like a light bulb would. It looked more like the flickering of fire. After a while the lights started to flicker out. But my husband then pointed to where one of them was and we saw that we could still see something moving against the sky, it was just completely darkened.
At that point there was a commercial jet in the sky and they were moving about twice the speed of the jet. But before, while they were lit up, they were moving much slower.
All three of us are college educated, upper middle class. My sister is 25. I am 29, and my husband is 34.
((NUFORC Note: We assume an evening sighting, and have amended the time above, to reflect that fact. PD))
My husband and my sister and I just came back from playing miniature golf and were driving along the road. My sister saw what she thought were red stars and asked what they were. My husband and I both said they were just towers, as we were near the airport. But then they started to move and get closer and we knew they were not towers.
Every few seconds more would float up until there were about 20 to 30 in the sky. We pulled over into a nearby plaza to get a better look and try to get some pictures. Several other people had pulled in to look at them too. One guy yelled out his window to us "what ARE those?" We answered that we had no idea.
The objects were completely silent. They left no trails. They looked like orangish-reddish fire, they flickered, but it was clear that it was not aircraft lights (like red/white of planes). Also they didn't appear to flash uniformily like a light bulb would. It looked more like the flickering of fire. After a while the lights started to flicker out. But my husband then pointed to where one of them was and we saw that we could still see something moving against the sky, it was just completely darkened.
At that point there was a commercial jet in the sky and they were moving about twice the speed of the jet. But before, while they were lit up, they were moving much slower.
All three of us are college educated, upper middle class. My sister is 25. I am 29, and my husband is 34.
((NUFORC Note: We assume an evening sighting, and have amended the time above, to reflect that fact. PD))
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Rochester
USA
10 minutes
10 minutes
43.16
-77.63
fireball
NY
Occurred : 8/28/2010 22:30 (Entered as : 8/28/2010 10:30) Reported: 8/30/2010 9:05:13 AM 09:05 Posted: 8/30/2010 Location: Rochester, NY Shape: Fireball Duration: 10 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
We saw 20 to 30 fireballs floating or gliding higher and then slowly flickering out.