2017-11-18 - Champions Gate, FL - Cigar

11/18/2019 - 17:33 Cigar-shaped Fireball in Controlled Descent in Davenport, Florida, USA

I was driving home on I-4 Westbound (opposite direction of Daytona/Cocoa/Cape Canaveral) when I saw what looked like a large yacht surrounded by a fireball falling from the sky. I spent several minutes watching it before I began recording what became a 10 minute long video of this object descending.

During the course of the video, the object changed directions twice, maneuvering horizontally while continuing in a vertical descent, as if course-correcting to land. At first the object had a long what I would call a fire tail that moved with the object and was not left trailing in the sky as a NASA Space-shuttle or airplane would leave. However, as the object descended further, the tail became much shorter. I recorded the object until it disappeared behind some trees. Over the past couple of years I have searched online to see if anyone else saw it but have not found anything. I was driving down a main stretch of road with many cars but no one else appeared to notice it (typical in this area for people to be oblivious of their surroundings). I have taken screenshots of the video and will email them, I plan to save the video on to a thumb-drive and mail it in.

Background: I have lived in Florida my entire life (over 25 years) and have witnessed many space shuttle launches and landings. I live in a tourist area so there are always planes and helicopters flying nearby so I see those often. My spouse is a military Veteran so both I and my spouse (who has seen the video) are familiar with most military aircraft and were unable to identify this object as any of the aforementioned aircrafts. I am a college graduate with a Business degree who is working on my MBA and am an Executive Director. My spouse is a Financial Manager who has resided in Florida for over 20 years.