NUFORC Sighting 139744
Occurred: 2018-05-06 22:55 LocalReported: 2018-05-06 20:27 Pacific
Duration: 4 minutes
No of observers: 1
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA
Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object
Yellow/orange fireball in Southern sky seen in S. Indianapolis, IN, for 4 minutes in evening of 05 May, 2018.
On 06 May 2018 at 21:55 EST, I was walking South in the 5200 block of Madison Ave. in Indianapolis, IN. Mildest haze, no clouds, visibility 8 / 10.
I saw a yellow/orange ball of light at approximately 15-18 degree elevation in the Southern sky. It appeared to have ignited, burned increasingly brighter for one minute, and slowly extinguish over the next 3 minutes. It wasn’t visible at 22:00 EST, from my perspective.
If the object had the appearance of motion, I would have thought it was a paper lantern.
I estimate the distance from 6 miles to infinity.
Posted 2018-05-10
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