NUFORC Sighting 35207
Occurred: 2003-10-21 19:00 Local - ApproximateReported: 2004-02-21 18:38 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 MIN
No of observers: 2
Location: Bellflower, CA, USA
Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Emitted other objects
BURNING ORB FLOATING OVERHEAD
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE INFRONT OF THE HOUSE LOOKING AT THE STARS AND AIRPLANES OVERHEAD. IT WAS LIKE A BURNING CRUMPLED PIECE OF PAPER THAT WAS FLOATING IN THE SKY. WE COULD TELL THE OBJECT WAS ON FIRE BECAUSE IT HAD A FLICKER TO IT. THE COLOR WAS THAT OF A ROARING BONFIRE, FLAME ORANGE. THE OBJECT CONTINUED TO FLOAT BY AS IF CAUGHT BY THE WIND CURRENT, LIKE A RUNAWAY BALLOON. AFTER WE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE OBJECT FOR APROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. A FEW MINUTES LATER ANOTHE SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. AFTER FLOATING OVER THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND TOWARDS THE NEXT NIEGHBORHOOD IT SEEMED TO JUST FLUTTER / FLICKER OUT.
((FOLLOW-UP REPORT FROM SAME WITNESS))
WE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT. I WAS FACING THE STREET AND MY NIEGHBOR WAS FACING ME, AS WE WERE ENGROSSED IN CONVERSATION. I SPOTTED THE SAME TYPE OF OBJECT AS I HAD SEEN BEFORE. A BURNING SOMETHING FLOATING THROUGH THE SKY OVERHEAD. THE OBJECT HAD MORE OF A RED GLOW TO IT THIS TIME BUT IT WAS STILL FLAME COLORED. AFTER ABOUT 3 MINUTES OF WATCHING IT FLOAT BY A SMALL PIECE DROPPED OFF. ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER ANOTHER PIECE DROPPED OFF. THE OBJECT FLOATED FOR A FEW SECONDS MORE AND BEGAN TO FALL AND THEN FLUTTERED OUT.
NUFORC Note:
Date is approximate. We hope that residents of the Los Angeles area are not launching hot-air balloons with pyrotechnic devices suspended below them. PD
Posted 2004-03-02
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