2014-03-31 - Apopka, FL - Sphere

orange orb over the skys of apopka

I was smoking a cigarette in the back yard while letting my dogs go to the bathroom. I noticed mt dogs had all stopped running around and were sniffing at the sky , as though they were trying to scent something. I started looking at the sky through the trees in the direction they were looking and I saw an object moving about as fast as a jet. It seemed to be a normal occurrence but the color was off, it didn't have the normal hue of lights a plane or helicopter would have, no red or blue flashing lights, and there wasn't a tail so it didn't appear to be a meteor or falling star.

I ran inside my house to grab my phone, I figured the rate of speed it was moving I'd have plenty of time to get some footage. I couldn't have been more than 5-10 seconds and I went out my front door for a better angle. I know my timing was accurate, it had only crossed the back left corner of my back yard, it should have been in view but it seemingly disappeared. No idea what it could've been, but I believe I definitely saw something unusual tonight.

As a fire control technician in the navy's submarine force, I was trained in celestial navigation and had extensive training in identifying aircraft from a distance. This was no normal aircraft. Possibly a rocket or missile but again, there was no flame or tail. Just an orange orb traveling in a straight line across the sky.