Large ball of glowing light with glittering tail breaks into three pieces, hovers in mid air and then vanishes without a trace.
At about 7:25 pm on January 6, 2011, my dad looked out of our living room window and shouted for us to run outside. I immediately looked at where he was pointing and saw what I originally thought was a very large meteor at about a 45 degree angle from where I stood outside on my side yard. It was glowing immensely with white light and had a rather long tail composed of what my friends I thought looked like bits and pieces of flaming glitter. It was lightly bumpy, form what I could see, and had a white/yellow light radiating around it. We all stormed outside and gazed up, marveling the spectacular glow. It was west in direction, traveling in a downward motion, much like a meteor. The size was very large, about 1/5 of the moon (compared to how we see it in the sky). The sphere traveled down for a good 20-25 seconds then broke into three equal pieces of glowing ball. It continued to fall for 2-3 more seconds then abruptly stopped in mid air and hovered. It just hovered there in the sky then began to rotate in a circle formation for a good 10-15 seconds. The rotating was like the planets rotating around the sun, without the sun. It hovered for about 25-30 seconds. I then ran into my house to grab my cell phone to see if I may catch it on my camera then ran outside and began to film. As soon as my camera picked up about 4 seconds of three hovering lights, it moved downward very slowly and began to head south, then vanished into thin air. It did not disintegrate or break apart; it vanished, like a magician in movies.
We looked and looked to see if maybe it hid behind a cloud or tree, but after a few minutes of looking, we knew it had gone for good. The whole event lasted about 1 and a half to 2 minutes.
((NUFORC Note: Suspected parachute jumpers. PD))
At about 7:25 pm on January 6, 2011, my dad looked out of our living room window and shouted for us to run outside. I immediately looked at where he was pointing and saw what I originally thought was a very large meteor at about a 45 degree angle from where I stood outside on my side yard. It was glowing immensely with white light and had a rather long tail composed of what my friends I thought looked like bits and pieces of flaming glitter. It was lightly bumpy, form what I could see, and had a white/yellow light radiating around it. We all stormed outside and gazed up, marveling the spectacular glow. It was west in direction, traveling in a downward motion, much like a meteor. The size was very large, about 1/5 of the moon (compared to how we see it in the sky). The sphere traveled down for a good 20-25 seconds then broke into three equal pieces of glowing ball. It continued to fall for 2-3 more seconds then abruptly stopped in mid air and hovered. It just hovered there in the sky then began to rotate in a circle formation for a good 10-15 seconds. The rotating was like the planets rotating around the sun, without the sun. It hovered for about 25-30 seconds. I then ran into my house to grab my cell phone to see if I may catch it on my camera then ran outside and began to film. As soon as my camera picked up about 4 seconds of three hovering lights, it moved downward very slowly and began to head south, then vanished into thin air. It did not disintegrate or break apart; it vanished, like a magician in movies.
We looked and looked to see if maybe it hid behind a cloud or tree, but after a few minutes of looking, we knew it had gone for good. The whole event lasted about 1 and a half to 2 minutes.
((NUFORC Note: Suspected parachute jumpers. PD))
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Wildomar
USA
2 minutes
2 minutes
33.61
-117.27
fireball
CA
Occurred : 1/6/2011 19:25 (Entered as : 01/06/11 19:00) Reported: 1/6/2011 8:53:13 PM 20:53 Posted: 1/31/2011 Location: Wildomar, CA Shape: Fireball Duration: 2 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There was an aura or haze around the object
Large ball of glowing light with glittering tail breaks into three pieces, hovers in mid air and then vanishes without a trace.