Orange fireball over Sault Ste Marie
On Tuesday, July 1st, at approx. 10:30pm, whilst over-nighting in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, on a road trip from Minnesota to Montreal, my two teenage children and I were watching the local fireworks over the river separating the USA and Canada. It was raining on and off with overcast skies.
During the fireworks, I looked off to the SW and noticed and orange light approaching. As this got closer and easier to see, it appeared to be an orange/red fireball. It was moving from SW to NE at what I’d describe as the speed of a light plane.
There was no noise and the object did not change shape and finally disappeared out of sight.
I’d estimate the height between 1700 to 2500 feet. Whilst I was watching this, I told my kids to look in the direction I was as they were watching the fireworks and hadn’t noticed it yet. I asked them, “What do you think that is”?
They both looked, turned to me with wide eyes, and both said, that’s the same thing we saw at home in August.
I posted a similar sighting on 8-26-13 of four of these things in Minnesota. The first sighting still has me baffled and now I’m really intrigued.
These aren’t planes or lanterns.
After my first sighting I contacted the National Weather Service for wind directions which ruled out balloons etc. I did get a couple of photos of the first sighting but not this one.
On Tuesday, July 1st, at approx. 10:30pm, whilst over-nighting in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, on a road trip from Minnesota to Montreal, my two teenage children and I were watching the local fireworks over the river separating the USA and Canada. It was raining on and off with overcast skies.
During the fireworks, I looked off to the SW and noticed and orange light approaching. As this got closer and easier to see, it appeared to be an orange/red fireball. It was moving from SW to NE at what I’d describe as the speed of a light plane.
There was no noise and the object did not change shape and finally disappeared out of sight.
I’d estimate the height between 1700 to 2500 feet. Whilst I was watching this, I told my kids to look in the direction I was as they were watching the fireworks and hadn’t noticed it yet. I asked them, “What do you think that is”?
They both looked, turned to me with wide eyes, and both said, that’s the same thing we saw at home in August.
I posted a similar sighting on 8-26-13 of four of these things in Minnesota. The first sighting still has me baffled and now I’m really intrigued.
These aren’t planes or lanterns.
After my first sighting I contacted the National Weather Service for wind directions which ruled out balloons etc. I did get a couple of photos of the first sighting but not this one.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Canada
2 minutes
2 minutes
46.52
-84.33
fireball
ON
Occurred : 7/1/2014 22:30 (Entered as : 07/01/14 22:30) Reported: 7/17/2014 8:50:06 AM 08:50 Posted: 7/20/2014 Location: Sault Ste. Marie (Canada), ON Shape: Fireball Duration: 2 minutes Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object
Orange fireball over Sault Ste Marie