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David Bodenham
I saw 5 fireballs travelling at the same speed as an aircraft last night (november 7th) around 7pm in the Solihull area. They were bright orange in colour and strangely silent. Not witnessed anything like that before. Very weird !!
Sun Nov 8 21:43:42 2009
Marcus Lee, Wallsend
what you are seening are chinese lantern balloons there not ufos dont b worried ive checked it out
Sun Nov 8 19:30:40 2009
Lee, Gloucester
Seen these fireballs on 3 occasions now, travelling in different speeds but too fast to be a plane etc, silent, and glowing orange red and flickering, cant be lanterns as these were travelling faster than a plane (500mph+), and bout 1000-2000ft high.. tonight (6/11) and twice more over last month... isnt satellites as with the amount reported we wouldnt be using satnavs lol... WIERD i think..
Sun Nov 8 19:29:49 2009
Gemma ParkHall Stoke on Trent
Hi there well tonight has been crazy (7th Nov 09) 5 huge fireballs went quite fast accross the sky in the same direction, they were really wierd. i have also seen this over them 3 times over the past 3 months but they usually just hover then burn out- wierd!!!
Sun Nov 8 19:12:03 2009
kevin bourque
fireball in the sky on nov - 7 2009 @ 6:15 central. Same descript as many of the above... over Saskatchewan, Canada
Sun Nov 8 19:11:12 2009
Emma Lee from Leicester
I was watching a firework display at my local rugby club when an orange thing came. It was about as bright as the north star and just about as big. For me, it was travelling North-West. Whilst watching the display, 9 came and hovered over the field and then it appeared that it dissolved into thin air. However, at the time, I thought it was just some lanterns which were set into the sky from Abbey Park, which had its own display, but on my way home, another 2 appeared in the sky. A woman next to me said she one yesterday,(7/10/09) and that she followed it around for ages until it e! ventually dissapeared. So this piece of information ruled out the Abbey Park theory. Still on my way home, I saw another 4, making a total of 15. They all seemed to be coming from the direction of the space centre but I don't think they have anything to do with that.Has anyone else seen these? I'm really curious to know what they are.
Sun Nov 8 19:10:09 2009
Olivia Booth Bolton
On bonfire night i saw quite a small orange glowing object in the sky, when i first saw it, it thought it was part of a firework, but i didnt seem to fade when I watched it, there was 3 in the sky so it couldnt of been any type of craft because the lights joined together to make a bigger orange light, Im not sure what it could of been but something unexplained.
Fri Nov 6 09:52:09 2009
Martin Trumper, Newbury, Berkshire
Very similar to the above sightings. A silent round orange fireball moving in an easterly direction on Nov 5th at around 10pm. Best guess would be a satellite coming down - but that would mean a lot of dead satellites!
Fri Nov 6 09:50:15 2009
Daniellel Lowther Hartlepool
On the 31st october me and my freind were going to the shop and then we saw this red ball in thesky it was hovering and then it started to float across the sky slowly itwas doing this for like 5 minutes and it was like burning out really slowly and then disappeared and this was around about 10.00pm.
Wed Nov 4 09:24:30 2009
M.cave .Wolverhampton
myself and my family have seen a lot of these too,i did a google search to find out what they were.They are chinese lanterns and at this time of year there are lots about.Not knowing what they were we were fascinated to watch them
Wed Nov 4 09:23:52 2009
Melissa Jevon from Walsall
date Monday 2nd November 2009- My daughter and I saw a large orange ball of light hovering in the sky in the Chapel Ash area of Wolverhampton. It moved back and forth and gradually moved away. Did anyone else see it? I was in my car at the Chapel Ash roundabout.
Tue Nov 3 09:13:13 2009
Leigh Holmes Coventry
Hi there just reading all your comments and i can tell you that my parents saw the exact same thing around 11 o'clock on october 31st. however at three o'clock in the morning I saw the firery ball looking like it was taking off from the same area as you all saw it disappear, at first i thought it was a firework or something too, but the glow did look like as you say something was on fire, i then thought it may have been a helicopter as we do have police copters quite often over the city; the orange glow then hovered across the sky for at least 3 minutes approx, it then changed direction and flew straight up into the clouds, i don't know many helicopters able to do that, but the cloud cover was quite low so maybe it could have. i hope there was someone else out there who saw this at this time as it was very very strange.
Mon Nov 2 11:53:58 2009
dan & niki E. Northamptonshire
we just saw a bright orange glowing object traveling in a north easterly direction over central Rushden at about 19.40. it appeared to be a huge fireball, completely silent but very bright. very strange, never seen anything remotely like this before.. anyone shed any light on what it was???!!
Mon Nov 2 08:21:02 2009
Legend chet
I'm from manchester and was out on halloween just yesterday.. My friend spotted a light in the sky orange colour it had no noise so wasn't a plane i have seen this before about a month ago above tesco haha. But was quite strange is this a comet or something else?
Mon Nov 2 08:19:39 2009
Steve Kings, Norton
hi all just saw what looked like a small orange square shape in the sky moving west to east it looked like it was on fire but then slowly shrank and disappeared did anybody else see it?
Sun Nov 1 14:07:44 2009
C.M Rossendale, Lancs.
Last night at roughly 11pm I was out in my garden when what seemed to look like a fireball appeared over my house. It was red in the centre with an orange glow. It looked to be travelling very quickly with no noise so obviously not a plane. By the time my husband came out to have a look it had gone.
Sun Nov 1 14:06:14 2009
Faith from doncaster
Saw a orange fireball travel across the sky slowly, could even see the flames! Wasnt the weather for hot air balloons as it was raining.
Sat Oct 31 18:21:16 2009
John from Manchester
I saw an orange fire ball in the sky over eccles at aronud 9 30 pm and the next day at 7 30 pm there was no tail and it made no noise this was on the 29/30 october 2009 i am waiting to catch it on my camcorder as proof if i do i will show it to every one.
Sat Oct 31 18:20:58 2009
Jennifer Clarke, Bolton
I Saw a plane or aircraft on the 29,10, 2009, it was around about 8.00 oclock, late evening, it looked like it was on fire, it had an orange glow really eerie.
Fri Oct 30 13:29:46 2009
Sarah from Coventry
on 29th oct 09 at 7.15 pm i saw what i think was a fireball floating in the sky,bit of fire falling off it, bizarre id love to know what it actually is it was a bit scary, soon vanished after bout 20 sec's did anyone else c it.
Fri Oct 30 09:44:08 2009
doncaster
we saw a ball of red light in the sky, it was going from orange to red. it was moving fast almost like it was still. it was dark so wer not sure what it was but some said it was a hot air ballon? i dont know but it freaked me out thats for sure
Thu Oct 29 13:32:03 2009
Mark Schofield from Bury Lancs
Over Bolton on 27 Oct 2009: Approximately 5:45PMI and couple of others saw what can only be described as something actually flying and on fire. At first looked like an Hot air balloon or a Chinese Lantern, But the shape visible was similar to an aeroplane, black in colour and solid in appearance. I would be interested to find out what this was and if anyone else seen it.
Wed Oct 28 10:01:49 2009
Harry
Yes, was around 9 or 10 21-9-09 and from my kitchen window saw 1 orange glow from east and going west before bending away north and dis-appearing into clouds. 30 seconds later exactly were the 1st one came from a second one went accross and took exactly the same path. I got my wife and told here wait here and watch, (she thought is was an Helicopter) but no other flashing lights to indicate this and no noise apart from a plane flying over the 3rd one. I told her wait and watch what was about to come and from where and also where it will go and also when it will disappear. It all happened exactly the same a! nd in total I saw 5, Now if that was a Chinese lantern, then why would it take exactly the same path and go off at the same spot. could be a fluke if that were to happen but then it could be anything.
Thu Oct 22 19:55:04 2009
Meg Thomson
I saw a fire ball that then burnt out seen it 3 times in same place any ideas ?
Thu Oct 22 09:59:42 2009
Shirley Wood, Wigan, Lancs
Me and my husband and 2 teennage children was out in the garden watching a round glowing ball , looked as if it was on fire was seen saturday and sunday night at about 8 40 , when the first one dissapeard we thought thast was it , then another 2 came out of the clouds looke dlike thye wa scoming towards us but they turned and went the way the other went, then another came buit this one looked like it had flame or something dropin gfrom the bottom of it , really frightened us all never seen anything like it in my life, people say chinese lanterns , but no way was they them ,but dont kno w what they was , very scary , plus how can ther ehave been so many chinese lanterns around at the same time .
Thu Oct 22 09:59:25 2009
Dazzy
At about 8.30pm last night my sister and friend come in scared saying they saw a fireball in the sky. They have recorded it and the footage is sooo strange. Even the dog come back in with them acting very stange, BUt not sure if thats not just the fireworks or if he too felt 'them' lol, scary, strange, true, but love to know what is what, it just moves around like it was playing in the sky and it was so bright orange proper round oh my!
Mon Oct 19 12:44:15 2009
Dazzy
At about 8.30pm last night my sister and friend come in scared saying they saw a fireball in the sky. They have recorded it and the footage is sooo strange. Even the dog come back in with them acting very stange, BUt not sure if thats not just the fireworks or if he too felt 'them' lol, scary, strange, true, but love to know what is what, it just moves around like it was playing in the sky and it was so bright orange proper round oh my!
Mon Oct 19 10:16:31 2009
Fiona S Wolverhampton
Last night at approximately 7.45pm, i saw approx 20 slow moving orange lights over the bushbury area of fordhouses, moving in a south easterly direction. they were in a line and appeared to be following each other. there was no noise and they definitely weren't aeroplanes or helicopters. most odd and nobody seems to be taking me, my daughter or her friends seriously!
Sun Oct 18 16:42:18 2009
Anthony Bradbury St Helens
I saw 1 orange glow in the sky a few weeks ago very high in the sky and moving faster than any plane infact from were i was standing it moved across the sky in 10 seconds where a plane would take around 10 minutes to cross and on friday the 16th at 9pm i saw the same thing again but there where 3 of them traveling at the same speed together and going in and out of each other i have no idea what this could be so i googled it and found this page thought it may be shooting stars
Sun Oct 18 16:41:50 2009
dronfield
Having looked into it , they were chinese lantern balloons .
Wed Oct 14 09:23:28 2009
Debra Rowe from Axminster
We found out what the lights in the sky were...these new children's lanterns that are paper,you light them and they float up tho the clouds until they disappear...always an answer. Found out on the sunday.
Tue Oct 13 10:11:04 2009
Lee & Pixie, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear
We saw 2 of these last night (8th Oct 2009) around 10 30, i couldn't beleive my eyes i shouted my wife out of bed to come see. I think we have al seen an official UFO!!
Mon Oct 12 09:32:34 2009
Enniskillen
I seen what appeared to be a large fireball in the sky last night (Friday 9th October 2009) at around 7.30pm, it was there for about a good half hour and this definately was not a shooting star or a plane, it was quite large and not hard to miss for anyone who might have been looking up at the sky. I have never seen anything like this before, plus I wasn't the only one to see it.
Mon Oct 12 09:27:32 2009
Dronfield
three orange fire balls tonight at 7 . 30 ish , first thoughts plane on fire , to fast for plane though , then disappeared
Mon Oct 12 09:22:12 2009
Debra Rowe from Axminster
On saturday 10th oct 19.00 my husband and we saw 3 orange burning lights in the sky that, on getting binoculars looked like a black ball in the center,hovering quite low for about 5 mins then as said in earlier commends,rose quite fast, until it lost the heat and dissapeared,?? disintegrated?? became a star ??? tonight was a clear night. Would a fireball go back up into the atmosphere can anyone let me know the answer to that question?
Mon Oct 12 09:21:58 2009
E.N - preston
I saw a huge ball of what looked like something was on fire, fly through the sky at speed at about 19:30 this evening. It became decreasingly smaller until i could no longer see it. What was it? A fireball?
Mon Oct 12 09:15:06 2009
Glyn Roberts. Knighton.
Friday night three weeks ago. 9.30 ish. Red/orange cigar shaped object. Very high and very fast. Far to fast to be a plane!Traveling from S.E towards N.W. approx.
Fri Oct 9 09:02:43 2009
MM, Bedworth
I saw an orange ball in the sky on the 5th october at about 7.30pm. When I first spotted it, it was quite large and flickering as if it was on fire. as it moved towards the north west it got dimmer and disapeared. I called me family to look, and none of us could explain what it was. Did anyone else see this?
Thu Oct 8 10:10:55 2009
Philip, Derby
In response to Mark from Ledbury, I saw the same thing on 26 Sep 09. I saw a bright orange light out the front window of my house, roughly to the south east. I went out and watched it for the few minutes it existed, starting from a large solid orange ball with hazy outer ring, travelling slowly to the south with the haze gradually disappearing until it was just a small bright spot. A search on the internet at the time didn't find anything but I did notice that 'fireballs' are common and the name is applied to objects of a certain intensity. I would expect the colour would hint at low orbit debris burning as it skirts the edge of the atmosphere before buring out, possibly metallic. I recall it is not uncommon for satellites and other man-made waste to get back to earth in this way.
Thu Oct 8 10:07:19 2009
J Aldcroft, Bolton
Saw 6 orange fireballs streak across the sky travelling west to east at about 8pm tonight 7/10/09 along with my husband, children and neighbours. A fantastic sight.
Thu Oct 8 10:01:41 2009
David, Armthorpe, near Doncaster
As me and my wife went out side about 10.30 for a cig the sky was a bit stormy but a object like a plane on fire went past us then when it was out of sight ...the same happend again travlling in the same direction saturday 3 rd october 2009
Sun Oct 4 19:30:21 2009
s.s (ballymena)northern ireland
Me and some friends where standing having a smoke on the 29th aug at around 10.30pm. when i happened to look up into the sky and i seen this orange ball of fire coming towards us. it couldnt of been a plane because there was no noise. then it started rising back into the sky and disappeared. i have have a video in my mobile phone but it was to far away to properly see it. can anyone explain??
Sun Oct 4 19:28:32 2009
Lesley Ward from Upminster
We saw something very similar last night in Upminster, Essex. It was a bright orange ball (we thought it was a plane on fire) It was moving quite fast and then the light seemed to dim and then is just vanished. This was at about 12.30am.
Sun Oct 4 19:19:37 2009
Vicky Worrall, Rossendale manchester
I saw one last night in rossendale... are they comets/meteors??? i shouted to my boyfriend "what...is that"!!! He said i was being stupid and it was a plane, for one it was too low for a plane, i know what i saw and it is exactly what all of you are describing! the date last night 04.10.09 it was at about 9.45pm
Sun Oct 4 19:18:13 2009
Alexandra Barnett , Wolverhampton!
On the 25th of September around 10 pm about 20 lights appeared over compton wolverhampton and moved slowly across sky before disappearing behind clouds . Does anybody know what these lights were as all our road was out watching them it was a really strange occurance very spooky
Wed Sep 30 11:20:04 2009
Graham, Holmfirth
Just as the previous few commenters described. 7.15pm 25th Sept 2009 single orange rectangle with flickering light/flame on underside. 200 kts. No noise. Then 2 more at 8.00pm going in the same direction as first West to East. Right over my house.
Mon Sep 28 10:27:13 2009
Swansea
I saw a ball of fire floating around the sky it looked like a orange light just moving we knew it wasnt a plane becuse it was way to low and was bright orange i have never seen anything like it.
Mon Sep 28 10:21:32 2009
Mark, Ledbury
I live near Ledbury herefordshire, on Saturday 26 september 2009 night around 2145 – 2200 I saw something strange in the night sky. I was at my back door looking east, to my left (north) appearing above the tops of houses was a large(1/10 the size of the moon) fireball ,Orange in colour, this tracked through the sky for about 2- 3 mins in a north south direction, it then slowly started to fade and then disappear, there was no tail like we see with shooting stars, the item faded out before it had reached the horizon in the south.I called my wife to take a look at itHas anyone else reported this to you?
Mon Sep 28 10:18:10 2009
Jo, Wolverhampton
Just to say I saw another fireball when I was in the garden this evening. The time was around 9:30 and it appeared to be "flying" towards the east. Huge bright orange light, did anyone else see it today??
Mon Sep 21 11:16:58 2009
Greg Forward , South wales near cardiff
the time 20:29 pm and 15 mins ago i witnessed a ball of fire burning in the sky with no noise from it and then dissapered. i grabed the binoculars and all i could see was a rectangle shape very hard to disscribe because of it burning. like a bomfire floating in the sky ??? wow
Sun Sep 20 19:24:23 2009
A.H, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
re Mark Ridout, We were sat out in the garden enjoying a beautiful evening when we saw i'm guessing was the same 'fireball', which was visisble (after we spotted it) for around 30 seconds, travelling South to North across Oxfordshire at about the same time 9.30-10.00, but we only saw one. Didn't know if this was a dead satellite or some other space debris just re-entering earths atmosphere.....either way the kids loved it!....anyboy else see this and have a better explanation than my guess?
Mon Jul 27 10:34:31 2009
Mark Ridout, Yetminster, Dorset
Not exactly sure what we saw last night. I was hoping somone else might of seen it. It was around 9.30/10.00pm. Three of us were walking home when we noticed a large fireball type object travelling from South to North. We stood and watched it slowly dissapere for around 45seconds. Then we were astonished to turn around and see another following the same route only this one was brighter hence we could see it for a little longer. They were not travelling all that fast and there was no sound. They appeared to be very high up. Does anyone know what this might of been? I would love to know if anyone else saw it.
Sun Jul 26 20:26:54 2009
Macclesfield
last night 25th July 2009 we saw 4 lights in a diamond shape they were orange and there were no sound and moved slow they went in to a small cloud and then didnt come out,
Sun Jul 26 20:03:25 2009
S and L . Oxley . Barnsley. S.yorks
At 12.45 a.m on Sun 5th July both my wife and myself saw a very large round ball of bright orange fire travelling West to East in the sky from our bedroom window. Although it lasted less than 2 minutes the sheer size of it and the speed it travelled was unbelievable. I have seen plenty of shooting stars in my life but Nothing as awsome as this. We would love to know what it was and if it crashed to Earth or burnt out.
Sun Jul 5 21:58:38 2009
M James
We were travelling south on the M5, 5 miles before the cirencester junc when we saw 5 light orange glowing balls travelling west to east in the distance as we drew closer only 3 were left, they seemed to burn out and they were moving very slowly, weird, did anyone else see this or can anyone explain it? July 3rd 2009 23:45
Sun Jul 5 20:09:56 2009
Gavin Wilkinson, Congleton, cheshire
Last night which was sunday the 28th of june. i was sat in my grandparents part with them, my brother, my mum and her bf.we saw at about half ten (guessed) a light in the sky that was obviously several times higher than planes. It was like a fireball but it either wasnt moving, or was moving so slowly we couldnt tell.I was in a village called talke pits near stoke on trent, and the thing in the sky was towards hanley/stoke and was in the sky for a few minuits then suddenly burnt out and disappeared,
Mon Jun 29 11:15:46 2009
Emma, Dublin, Ireland
last night sunday 14 june 2009 i witnessed 8 fireballs all big and bright orange they travelled over the roof top i ran from front to back of my house following these fireballs there was also a sonic boom noise like the engine of a plane as if they were burning into the earth atmosphere as i stood outside and watched burn out 1 by 1
Tue Jun 16 10:05:08 2009
Liam
Last night, Saturday 14 June 2009 around 21:00 we saw a large fireball which appeared to be moving across the sky however not decending, the ball was orange in colour but did not have any trailing matter. This was seen over Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Mon Jun 15 09:55:24 2009
Brian White, Leeds.
My brother and four other friends, saw a very large, glowing ball of flames, with a burning tail. They witnessed this object travelling from west to east, over Wakefield towards Leeds, at about 21:30pm and within minutes this object disappeared in a small explosion.
Tue Apr 14 10:00:41 2009
Mr. Vincent Meakins Penn Common, Wolverhampton, We
We saw what we thought was a ball of fire/ small bright orange sun with spikes at 8.45pm over Penn Common.It was originally travelling slowly and then seemed to speed up and disappear up in the sky. As it was a cloudy night it might have gone into the clouds, but seemed to disappear without sight. Did anyone else see this??
Sun Apr 12 20:07:04 2009
AB from wolverhampton
Saw a large fiery ball, looked low in the early evening sky, and large. view from Tettenhall Road near Beacon Radio, it appeared some few miles away in the direction of Bradmore/Penn. It was around a 4mm large, started out as a flaming white hot ball, and I saw it descend towards the earth. Never seen anything like it. March 10.2009
Thu Mar 12 10:55:25 2009
josh wolverhampton
i saw these on the 19th, 24th and 25th of october 2008 they were travelling so fast towards the east
Sun Oct 26 17:45:55 2008
Adam Redden Halifax Nova Scotia
On Monday evening around 8pm I saw a huge fire ball in the sky that lasted 30-40 seconds..It was so close that I could see the flames coming off of it..I have asked many people if they heard anything about it but no..I do not beleieve my brother and I were the only ones to see thisMonday August 5 1998
Thu Aug 7 09:49:47 2008
Chris Carbin, Lampeter
I saw what i guess was a shooting star a few nights back. I have seen quite a few shooting stars before though and this one was much bigger, orange and in the sky for a little longer. It was quite spectacular.
Mon Nov 26 07:49:43 2007
E. D., New Quay
These are obviously spectacular events in their own right. On a clear night you've only got to stare at the sky for about 10mins (preferably sitting or lying back)and I can guarantee you'll see a 'shooting star'.
Tue Dec 13 19:45:50 2005
K.E. Aberystwyth
I saw a fire ball in the sky over Llanrhystud, travelling east to west, disintergrating over the sea, on the morning on monday the 21st of november at about 4:50am
Tue Dec 6 10:50:45 2005
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