Orange Fireballs in Southern Sky, Orlando, Florida
On 1/1/2013, @ approx 2035 hrs I observed 5 or 6 orange glowing objects in the southern sky (S to SSE). I live in Eastern Orange County, Fl, approx 12 miles east of the Orlando Intl Airport (OIA) in a rural type area. The objects appeared in a somewhat vertical line but were staggered behind each other at different altitudes and fairly low on the horizon. It appeared as if the objects were floating or traveling slowly to the north. These objects appeared to be lower than the air traffic in the area that was departing from OIA.
The air traffic appeared to be initially departing to the south and then turning crosswind to the east and then turning toward a north departure from the Orlando area. It was very apparent that the orange glowing objects were not aircraft. I watched the objects for approx 1 min and the ran into the house to get my wife and son. Upon returning to the front yard, we saw 3 remaining orange glowing objects in the sky. Apparently the other! 2 or 3 objects had disappeared. Two of the three remaining glowing objects faded quickly while heading in a easterly direction. The last object continued to glow but slowly faded as it traveled in an easterly direction and it appeared to gain altitude until it was out of sight.
On 1/1/2013, @ approx 2035 hrs I observed 5 or 6 orange glowing objects in the southern sky (S to SSE). I live in Eastern Orange County, Fl, approx 12 miles east of the Orlando Intl Airport (OIA) in a rural type area. The objects appeared in a somewhat vertical line but were staggered behind each other at different altitudes and fairly low on the horizon. It appeared as if the objects were floating or traveling slowly to the north. These objects appeared to be lower than the air traffic in the area that was departing from OIA.
The air traffic appeared to be initially departing to the south and then turning crosswind to the east and then turning toward a north departure from the Orlando area. It was very apparent that the orange glowing objects were not aircraft. I watched the objects for approx 1 min and the ran into the house to get my wife and son. Upon returning to the front yard, we saw 3 remaining orange glowing objects in the sky. Apparently the other! 2 or 3 objects had disappeared. Two of the three remaining glowing objects faded quickly while heading in a easterly direction. The last object continued to glow but slowly faded as it traveled in an easterly direction and it appeared to gain altitude until it was out of sight.
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Orlando
USA
2-3 minutes
2-3 minutes
28.51
-81.38
fireball
FL
Occurred : 1/1/2013 20:35 (Entered as : 01/01/13 20:35) Reported: 1/1/2013 8:53:37 PM 20:53 Posted: 2/4/2013 Location: Orlando, FL Shape: Fireball Duration: 2-3 minutes Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Orange Fireballs in Southern Sky, Orlando, Florida