Fireball moving silently across the sky.
At approximately 9:50 pm, my family and neighbors were returning from dinner. My daughter noticed something in the sky and called all of our attentions to it. We all looked up and saw above our homes, a little to the south, there was what looked to be basketball-sized, almost clear shape with what looked something like a fire burning inside. Similar to what you would imagine a hot air balloon flame might look like, but smaller. It was much lower than a plane would fly.
The edges were not solid and it moved at a steady speed in an East North East direction. The flame inside the "ball" seemed to flicker and change between a reddish and orange color, and it was completely silent. It moved very straight, and may have moved higher but it was hard to tell. We all watched it until it disappeared behind the tree line, which is probably close to a mile away.
I have to add that it is an extremely clear night with many visible stars. We live in an open area without a lot of lights, so the night sky is very visible. There was also no wind whatsoever. The object seemed to be something very light. almost like floating but with direction and purpose. We thought it seemed to be blowing with the wind until we realized that the air was completely still.
At approximately 9:50 pm, my family and neighbors were returning from dinner. My daughter noticed something in the sky and called all of our attentions to it. We all looked up and saw above our homes, a little to the south, there was what looked to be basketball-sized, almost clear shape with what looked something like a fire burning inside. Similar to what you would imagine a hot air balloon flame might look like, but smaller. It was much lower than a plane would fly.
The edges were not solid and it moved at a steady speed in an East North East direction. The flame inside the "ball" seemed to flicker and change between a reddish and orange color, and it was completely silent. It moved very straight, and may have moved higher but it was hard to tell. We all watched it until it disappeared behind the tree line, which is probably close to a mile away.
I have to add that it is an extremely clear night with many visible stars. We live in an open area without a lot of lights, so the night sky is very visible. There was also no wind whatsoever. The object seemed to be something very light. almost like floating but with direction and purpose. We thought it seemed to be blowing with the wind until we realized that the air was completely still.
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Middle Island
USA
4-5 minutes
4-5 minutes
40.88
-72.95
fireball
NY
Occurred : 7/21/2011 21:50 (Entered as : 07/21/2011 23:50) Reported: 7/22/2011 7:25:13 PM 19:25 Posted: 8/7/2011 Location: Middle Island, NY Shape: Fireball Duration: 4-5 minutes Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, The object changed color
Fireball moving silently across the sky.