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Fall Of Object From Space – Maybe Large Space Debris Or ROSAT Satellite

Stepped outside to let dogs go to bathroom at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Very Clear Starry Night, with Half Moon in the South, 30 Degrees off horizon. I happened to look up, and spotted a fireball with a prominent tail come streaking in from space at 60 degrees above the horizon, traveling from East South East to West North West. The fireball was quite large and pronounced, with a large tail indicating falling debris melting off from re-entry, and was a bright white color like phosphorous.
The size was about dime sized as held at arms length, or 50% of the size of the half moon.
I must emphasize that I am familiar with judging mass and size of objects dropping to the ground from space. This object HAD to be massive, and it remained illuminted all the way to the ground as well, while most meteors or meteorites extinguish after passing half way through our atmosphere. It is extremely rare for an object to survive reentry unless it has a LOT of mass to burn off of it.

This object MAY have been the German Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) falling to Earth after reentry. It was estimated it would fall back to Earth in late October or early November of 2011, BUT, that was just an estimate, and its reentry orbital path was supposed to take it to 53 degrees North and South Latitude when its orbit decayed and it fell into the gravity well, well within the bounds of southern Michigan.

The duration of the siting was only two to two and one half seconds, but BOY, what a view! This event reminded me of Space Shuttle debris reentry as shown on video.


Large star-like orb seen for 2 nights suddenly descended then faded towards the southeast

I was leaving my house at approx 8:40 pm and noticed that the large star-like orb seen for the last two nights was still there but much larger. It was in the eastern sky after the sun set at about 70 degrees. I didn’t expect anything but it suddenly started to descend. I ran inside to grab the camcorder and managed to get very little of its descent, as by that time it was fading as it seemed to get further away as though it was moving to the southeast. Shortly after, about 3 minutes, there was what looked like a meteor traveling the same southeast direction (about 1 second with a very short trail) but at a very low altitude (lower than the orb).


One bright orb follwed by Three bright Orbs…Followed by Saucer Shaped Object

Event took place during HS football game at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy at approximately 20:30 on 7 Oct 2011. Saw a very Bright Orange-Red Orb in the sky…Did not see it arrive or leave. It moved slowly..Initially thought it was a Plane to to a flashing red light. But was not characteristic of a plane because the flashing light was not apart from the bright orb…Almost undulating. Was not a flare. The Orb moved similar to a plane. Initially dismissed the object and returned to watching the football game. Approximately 25 minutes to 30 minutes later (21:00). The more orbs…the same description as the first were seen. The orbs appeared one after the other…one behind the other…Low on the horizon…South moving North towards our location…At first I thought possibly military jet aircraft with Afterburners…The moved slow but study…as the approached us…(maybe a mile) the objects rose straight up then slowly arched towards the West..But rising straight in tho the sky….One following the other but space apart…No noise was heard…However there was a football game going on…As the rose…Each one then dimmed to a pinpoint light in the sky…and disappeared…First one, then the other..and finally the third. Shortly after they disappeared…I noticed a dim object towards the west…About a 1/4 mile away drifting east at a study pace…Initially I thought this was a balloon…But is was study and moving in a straight line and a study speed…There was no bobbing as with balloons…It was Saucer shaped…Could not tell if it was emitting light or if light was being reflected off of it…The Silhouette was not black…But a very faint brown or dull orange..It was lighter than the background, night sky…It move steady but quickly passing from my right to my left and disappearing over the horizon at tree level…I saw it go behind the trees on the horizon approximately one mile away. the sized remained the same as it move towards the horizon. Total time of this was about 15-20 minutes. Weather was clear. Temp: 55 degrees. Slight or no breeze.


Peaking threw the clouds.

My wife, daughter and my one year old was driving to I-50 towards Vacaville CA. to drop off my daughter to my mom so she can help her grandma in cooking for Thanks Giving day this coming up week. We were driving West towards San Fransisco we were passing through the city of Davis it was very cloudy out side like it was going to rain but not a drop landed on my windows but very dark clouds my wife was sitting on my passenger side of the car and my daughter was sitting in the back. My wife was seeing something coming out of the bottom of this dark cloud and she said look at that light falling straight down towards that building my daughter seen it very clearly. I suddenly glanced to my wife’s windows and saw a orb like bright very bright white and blue strip of light falling down from the cloud like it was going to hit the buildings but then suddenly it mad a quick turn left and up about a 45 degree straight up back to the dark cloud and gone it was so fast. We asked ourselves did you see that UFO that was amazing I was very excited my wife was very scared it was her first time seeing such things. But me and my daughter have seen these before and I have been seeing UFO’s since I was a kid hovering on the cliff of my back yard in Daly City CA. But this was a sight to see man my wife and me was saying I wish I had a video of this WOW! that was Assume. I asked my wife now do you believe me now you have seen it with your own naked eyes? She was stun a little shaken and excited and she said yes. Everything just happened in seconds it was just to fast so I’m just writing this report on MUFON to know if anybody ells have seen this UFO over the City of Davis or Sacramento.


Very large Triangle shaped object crossed the road in front of us.

December 16th approximately 10:00 pm, my wife and I were driving home from seeing a movie. As we pulled on to the street that we live on, we noticed a very large triangular object about to cross over our street approximately 2 blocks in front of us. It appeared to be about 100 feet in the air, and it was moving very slowly as it meandered through the sky in front of us. It was very large, metallic, and appeared to be a black or dull finish that did not reflect much light. It was outlined with lights. Most of the lights were white, although there may have been some blue or green lights mixed in. One of the first things that struck us as odd was that with our windows rolled up, it seemed to be making no sound. We rolled our windows down and could hear only a very light hum / rumble. It was first spotted to the left of us, crossed over and continued to our right. All along moving slowly in one direction. We took a right at the next street available in an attempt to get a better look. We did see it again for just a moment. We then lost it in the trees, and it seemed to be gone. We drove around for a short distance hoping to spot it again, but it was no longer visible. At no time did we feel threatened, nor did we experience interruption in the operation of our vehicle, the radio, the lights …etc…We then drove home.


I watch it hover for half an hour then just tae off .

I watch the star its not a star. It just hovers and wobbles. Its to low to be a satelite. When a comercial plane came near it just dimmed and the plane changed altitude to sorta duck the object. After the plane left it brightened bac up then about 10 minutes later it just too off to the right leaving not emmisions of blasting off. this isnt the first nor secound time Ive seen this same objecct.


Jack O’Lantern light moving away from Tampa Airport, following Memorial.

On November 8, 2011 in Tampa, Florida at approximately 8:02PM (Roughly) I was headed towards Lee Roy Selmons restaurant via Memorial Highway to then get on the Veterans Expressway. I was headed towards the airport, so East. I was right by the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in an area called “Town and Country” Keep in mind, I live nearby to the airport and am quite used to seeing airplanes and helicopters. I have seen some UFO’s in the past (about 5) but never made a report, but considering I took a video of this one, I see no excuse not to. Why did I have a camera with me to go out to eat? Especially my new one I just got for a trip? Good question. I’m one to definitely trust my “gut” and since my buddy recently had a sighting on Hilsborough and Racetrack Rd (my extremely skeptical friend who DOES NOT believe in this stuff), I felt the need to trust my gut and bring my camera with me. Its really just for pictures (Canon PowershotSX 150) but videos are always fun. So yes, a gut feeling told me to bring my camera and I did. Within about a mile of my house, I see this Orange Orb-like object quite low than what a normal airplane would be doing in the area. Living by the airport, you get quite used to seeing many many objects in the sky, and I knew IMMEDIATELY that this object was not normal. First, it was low and I could tell it was low. I had perspective. It loooked like a floating Jack O Lantern, a floating pumpkin, or some sort of illuminated object. But it wasnt lit from within, it was lit on the outside as well. When I say floating, I don’t mean that it was ascending, not by any means. It did NOT ascend at all. I saw it coming towards me, below any cloud cover and much lower than any airplane. Do you realize how strange it is to see something and know IMMEDIATELY that it shouldn’t be there? So I quick pulled over to a blocked entrance to a Scottish Rite Masonic Temple. I got my camera, turned it on and had enough time to catch the object seemingly pass over the Masonic building and continue its path along Memorial. Memorial does curve, so it’s difficult to tell which way it was heading. I want to Say Northwest, over the bay. Not entirely sure. However, when I did see it, it was headed straight toward me (seemingly) on Memorial. I got out, saw it basically above me car, but out like 300 or 400 yards. It is difficult to judge distance when you don’t know the size of the object you are seeing. To me visually, it looked like a large Basketball. Giving off Orange Hue. Glow, whatever you want to call it. There were NO FAA LIGHTS. And it was coming from the direction of the airport but not in any flight pattern I’ve ever seen. (When its windy, yes, the runways change) but it was too low to be an airplane from the airport, because it was unlike any flight plan i’d seen. It was moving in the same direction as Memorial Hwy, it was moving (from my vision) left to right if I’m facing the building that was in front of me. It did not ascend, it kept a distinct flight path. It moved quickly, but for how low it was, I would bet it was moving about 60 or 70mph. I do have contacts but I was not wearing them. Way too low, not ONE Flashing light. And thankfully, I caught an airplance in my shot. Unfortunately, I have a typical UFO video in that its shaky, and there are little reference points. I tried to do my best, but it all happened so fast. I zoomed in too much causing it to be blurry and zoom in RIGHT when the airplane was flying over it. But at least I caught that.
So again, I saw an object, headed toward me, I saw it from my field of Vision while driving. It was low enough for me to basically slam on my brakes and pull over meaning that I knew it was abnormal as far as an airplane or helicopter are concerned. It couldn’t have been a Hot Air balloon. It couldn’t have been a remote controlled helicopter and it wasn’t a blimp (Ive seen plenty living in Tampa) However, suppose it was a Chinese Lantern, well, it wasn’t internally lit. and it moved laterally not up. Never once to did it seeem to rise in height. My first thought was “Wow, that looks like a pumpkin shooting across the sky.” I have seen a ball of light very similar and at the same height over St Pete beach (I have no visual evidence of this event). About a year after seeing the Orange ball over the beach, i googled it and found out they are seen ALL over Florida (with video) and there is one instance in Indiana, where I’m from. (I saw a pinpoint of white light fly around an airplane over Grissom AFB while driving by and saw an Orange Orb over the base as well while recounting the pinpoint of light story to my sister…) the more you get into the UFO phenomenon, the more you notice the synchronicity of when and where you see them, and yes, they do seem to know when you see them.
So I had the sense literally IMMEDIATELY upon seeing this pumpkin (at this point, coming toward me) Upon stopping, hopping out and grabbing the video, the object was now over me (but i was looking up at it, not directly up, but definitely below any cloud cover and definitely low enough to realize it was way too low? Hard to explain. No flashing or internal light, outside illumination only. No pulsing really, maybe a slight slow strobe, couldn’t really make out a shape. I could understand if this was a remote control floating Pumpkin, but darn it if it wasn’t out of my sight in about a minute. What kind of long range antennae did this thing have? If it was a prank. IF IF IF, why would they risk being so close to the airport and violating there airspace? Where were ANY flashing lights per FAA regulations?
Just another note, the sighting in June or so from the Gandy bridge, the girl and her boyfriend witnessing a giant object that came up to the bridge, was an aquaintance of mine. I have friends left and RIGHT seeeing things in Tampa. My guess is this, there are SOOOO many airplanes in the sky at all times, that a majority of people don’t take notice to the objects, so in essence, its a perfect environment for them to blend in. The sightings in Clearwater and St Pete (which are all within an half hour drive) are also quite frequent.


Bright jittery starlike object observed from Andover,MA

I was at home in our house near the center of Andover, MA. I finished up some software programming and web surfing around 2:20am, Aug. 25th, 2011. I walked from my office to our bedroom on the second floor. It was a clear night and I looked out my bedroom window to the West. There are two tall trees with a space between them in the back yard. Between the trees, perhaps 6 inches above the tree line from my perspective, I spotted a starlike object a good distance off, perhaps 1-3 miles if I had to guess. However, I quickly noticed that it might not be stationary. It was not progressing across my field of view in any direction, but it was moving. It appeared to be fluttering or bouncing. It was subtle, so I walked right up to the window and braced myself to try and rule out my movements as a source of the strange behavior. It was still moving. I saw no red or blue lights as required by most/all aircraft. (I’ve taken 20 hours of flight training, so I know a little about small planes, but I’m only a beginner.) I’d say it was as bright as the north star can be at times, perhaps a little brighter. The movements seemed too erratic and significant for either an airplane or helicopter. I scanned the sky and noted no other stars as bright, and in fact, based on the angle and city/town lights, there were only one or two stars easily visible from what I recall. They were an order of magnitude dimmer. I watched for about 30 seconds when I considered grabbing my wife’s iphone 3GS off her night table as she slept. But the object was far enough away that the iphone’s camera (2 megapixel) would not have captured the movement, so I left the bedroom to find my digital SLR downstairs in the kitchen. Unfortunately, while I was in my bedroom, my daughter had woken up, walked to the top of the stairs leading down to the kitchen, laid down and fell back to sleep. I carried her back to her bed in the room next to ours and tucked her in. I retrieved my camera from downstairs and grabbed a more capable lens on the way. By the time I got back to the window, about 4-6 minutes later, the object was gone. In my mind, this ruled out the possibility of it being a star or other celestial body, but I’m no astronomer. I watched periodically for another 30 minutes, but did not see anything. I did some googling and searched twitter from any other recent sightings and noted a recent sighting in broad daylight in Acton, MA. I also read about a correlation between disasters and UFO sightings. The Aug. 23 quake in Virgina was felt in Massachusetts, so this came to mind. My wife had woken up and did a few things while I kept looking. I didn’t want to frighten her, so I saved the story until daylight. In summary, it was very strange. I’ve never seen anything like it. I should have asked my wife for help so that I could keep my eyes on it.


Craft approached our vehicle, halted just above trees lining the highway and reversed course to follow. we stopped in a field to observe object the raced up and away toward several other objects.

Labor day 2010, while traveling up I-85 from Atlanta to Charlotte I was in the passenger seat of a friends car. I observed a bright yellow “star” which I soon realized was changing in orientation to the surrounding stars. My entire family in aviation, I naturally attempted to identify the make of aircraft I assumed it would be. While nearing us I began to notice various neon spectrum colors emanating in sequence from the craft that didn’t seem to coincide with and commercial airliner lights I had seen to date. Very rapidly the craft approached and descended to a very low altitude, roughly 60 feet, just above the tree tops lining the highway. The craft, whose primary hull was ovalian, with a structure resembling and iron cross cross section through the axis of the vehicle. One of the squared edges of the cross section was wider than the other three with 4 small yet intense yellow lights running parallel to it’s edge. Each of the other three squared sections had a large intense yellow light. There was a row of 8 multicolored lights flashing along the central axis of the cross section, each light would flash a different color nearly every time it illuminate, it did this in constant and rapid succession. The wider section appeared to be the rear at first, but as it approached us and descended just about the trees it halted and reversed course almost instantaneously. We immediately pull off the highway at the Cowpens exit and stopped at a closed fireworks shop just off the highway and walked out into the adjacent field. The craft slowly moved over us the shot at a dramatic angle towards the mountains and again halted. It was then approached by an identical craft. Both flashed their sequential lights under theirs frames directly towards each other then both simultaneously made 3-4 clockwise rotations around each other then broke away from one another. These first 2 craft traveled silently in opposing directions with dramatic right angle movements towards 2 additional craft which had just appeared from behind the mountains. The first 2 repeated the “communication dance” with the 2 new craft. The 4 then began to rapidly comb the area silently covering great distances with erratic and jerky movements. One of the came back over to our area of the field and flew directly over us, lowering as it approached the ascending after passing us. This time it did not move in a straight line but side to side as it moved forward as if traveling on some sort of wave form. Moments later they re congregated briefly the shot off in 4 different directions all disappearing quickly and silently.


ufo descended ,hovered,shon abeam of light on mtn face, 3 times . shut off light and ascended faster than a blink.my car thenstarted up without turning key.

driving early morning from vancouver bc to calgary ab.through Yoho national Park my wife told me to pull off the road so the bright lights could pass us.she saw it first when i pulled over.however, my car died, no lights,no radio.we were motionless for about 5 min. as it hovered and shone a single light on the face of one mtn. then to a second face, then a third. then it spread the beam of light over all three faces at once.after focussing for awhile it turned off the beam and ascended and gone in split second. the sky was cloudless full moon. the ufo had the shape of a cigar about the size of 2 footballfields and hovered approx. 500feet from the ground ,one half mile(approx.)away from us at a 60 degree angle on passenger side of me.my wife at the time were scared stiff for we had our infant daughter sleeping in the back seat.as it descended it affected my auto by shutting it down. i didn’t even turn the car off. when it ascended and out of sight, the car started up without me turning the key. once in calgary, phoned the observatory to report. they got both our statements and said if they hear anymore from that area they would be in touch no calls.