NUFORC Sighting 139744

Occurred: 2018-05-06 22:55 Local
Reported: 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