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New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
hugh fireball shape spinning on a clear sky
St. Marys · PA, USA
One fireball hovering in sky
Mahwah · NJ, USA
Green fireball heading towards the earth
Little Compton · RI, USA
Strange orbs/lights seen above and around Warren Point during Hurricane Bill
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Fireballs in the North joined by others moving slowly from the South East then they drift upwards getting smaller disappearing
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
8/23/09 @ 8:50pm , duration 15 minutes, Santa Rosa, CA - several witness. 7 Orange/red oval objects -stood still
Chicago · IL, USA
August 23, 2009 Seven Chicago Witnesses view strange Orange Red balls of light in night sky.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Fireball moves slow, then fast and change directions
Meriden · CT, USA
i seen round fireball.seen it for 5 seconds.thought it might be meteor until 2 days later at 4pm their were 5 milatary
San Diego · CA, USA
burning fireball in sky mistook for moon!
Trout Lake (rural Washington) · WA, USA
Blinking white light / high acceleration into space / left a reddish white trail
Memphis · TN, USA
Bright glowing green sphere that vanishes, very close and very big. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Altrincham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
firey orange light moving smoothly and silently in the sky until disappearing
Towanda · KS, USA
White fireball looked like meteor but then changed directions.
Sozopol (Bulgaria) · Bulgaria
Bright red ball to the sky
Peebles · OH, USA
unusual lights over my house in Adams County, Ohio
Oakville (Canada) · ON, Canada
Fast bright object flies through semi-bright skies
Metarie · LA, USA
I was taking out the trash when I noticed a flashing light on the lid of the can. I looked up to try and find the source and I saw a la
Mariposa · CA, USA
At 3:30 AM a bright round object moved in a straight line across the northern sky, west to east, not far above the horizon.
Clyde · OH, USA
2 fireballs following one another through the sky.
Deerfield · IL, USA
Fireballs over Deerfield, IL
Clinton · MO, USA
Glowing ball just west of Clinton, MO on July 3rd, 2009
Harpenden (UK/England) · United Kingdom
An aircraft on fire in a star shape seemed to travel across the sky above Hapenden.
Shavehead Lake · MI, USA
Is it a bird, a plane, what is it?