NUFORC Sighting 82685

Occurred: 2011-07-22 23:00 Local
Reported: 2011-07-23 22:59 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail, Emitted other objects

Fireball and explosion in the sky over N. Central Florida

The night of July 22nd I was walking Southward on my street toward a CVS and happened to be looking up into the sky as I walked.

Around 3 minutes into the walk, I noticed a bright orange object traveling in a Westerly direction very quickly before seeming to explode. The incident lasted long enough for me to catch it out of the top corner of my eye, look up to see it traveling West for under 5 seconds, then burst like an explosion.

It was very different than witnessing a typical "shooting star" as the light was a red orange, quite fiery looking, and rather than blinking out of existence it first exploded quite clearly.

I can say for sure this was not a fireworks display, as it all happened in utter silence and with no surrounding exploding debris. It also looked much too far away, too high up, to be any fireworks display and did not resemble any fireworks I have encountered.

This could quite probably have been a meteorite exploding upon entry into our atmosphere, but an incident witnessed in the same area the following night by several people including my brother and mother have caused me to look upon it with curiosity.




NUFORC Note:

Probably not a meteor. PD


Posted 2011-08-07

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