7/8/2016: Lathrop, MO, USA

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Occurred : 7/8/2016 21:30 (Entered as : 07/08/16 21:30) Reported: 7/8/2016 11:49:49 PM 23:49 Posted: 7/15/2016 Location: Lathrop, MO Shape: Circle Duration: 10 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color, The object landed, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object, There were electrical or magnetic effects
White disappearing ball of fire reappeared and then turned black. Orange/yellow light, at first I thought it was a star, then maybe an airplane, but it appeared as though it was not moving. It then started to look like it was getting smaller, so I assumed it was moving away from me, and then it disappeared. Then, I passed by some trees and saw it again; this time, it looked like a white ball that was on fire; the fire was at the bottom of the object. I thought it might be a lantern-style firecracker, but it was too high to be any kind of firecracker. It disappeared again, and when it reappeared, it was black; then, it seemed to be near the horizon and fell. After I witnessed this, I called my sister to tell her about it and my phone made a static sound it had never made before, then all went quiet, then my call was dropped. When I was trying to call her back, I was going to turn off my phone, and instead just the screen turned off and then came back on and my YouTube app started up without being touched.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 7/8/2016 21:30 (Entered as : 07/08/16 21:30)
Reported: 7/8/2016 11:49:49 PM 23:49
Posted: 7/15/2016
Location: Lathrop, MO
Shape: Circle
Duration: 10 minutes
Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object changed color, The object landed, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object, There were electrical or magnetic effects

White disappearing ball of fire reappeared and then turned black.

Orange/yellow light, at first I thought it was a star, then maybe an airplane, but it appeared as though it was not moving.

It then started to look like it was getting smaller, so I assumed it was moving away from me, and then it disappeared.

Then, I passed by some trees and saw it again; this time, it looked like a white ball that was on fire; the fire was at the bottom of the object. I thought it might be a lantern-style firecracker, but it was too high to be any kind of firecracker. It disappeared again, and when it reappeared, it was black; then, it seemed to be near the horizon and fell.

After I witnessed this, I called my sister to tell her about it and my phone made a static sound it had never made before, then all went quiet, then my call was dropped.

When I was trying to call her back, I was going to turn off my phone, and instead just the screen turned off and then came back on and my YouTube app started up without being touched.