NUFORC Sighting 146220

Occurred: 2019-05-16 21:15 Local
Reported: 2019-05-16 22:22 Pacific
Duration: 5 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Oak Island, NC, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object

3 fireballs or flare like lights above the ocean that quickly disappeared.

I was staying with family this week at the beach on oak island. I was out in front of thte beach house around 9:15 and saw three flare like lights to the Southwest (myrtle beach direction) but probably 10,000+ feet high. #1, then #2, then #3 appeared within a few seconds in a triangle formation then they disappeared very fast. I’d say they could be flares but does the military typically drop flares off the coast this far from a base? They didn’t last long like flares either. It was very quick. Literally right when I saw them they disappeared after 3 seconds. Also heard no aircraft of any kind at all.

Posted 2019-06-07