Occurred: 2016-01-13 22:15 Local
Reported: 2016-01-13 19:58 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Cedar Falls, IA, USA

Shape: Fireball


Red/Orange sphere seen descending over Cedar Falls/ North Cedar.

While smoking a cigarette on my porch, I saw a "star" that was brighter than any other stars on the northern side; however it wasn't white like the other stars, it was reddish/orange, and spherical. It moved downward vertically (using a a tree as a reference).

It gained more altitude in a smooth and steady motion, then descended again directly downward.

I went inside to get another cigarette trying to look at it more, which took less than 5 min. When I went back to the porch, it was gone.

Posted 2016-01-14

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