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Occurred : 1/30/2006 18:10 (Entered as : 01/30/2006 18:10)
Reported: 1/31/2006 4:06:34 AM 04:06
Posted: 2/14/2006
Location: Sarasota, FL
Shape: Fireball
Duration:5 minutes
Fireball in the evening sky

About 6:10pm last night my girlfriend called me and told me to go outside and look North and tell her what I saw. When I was outside I observed what appeared to be a giant fireball in the North sky. It resembled what we see when the shuttle takes off from the space center, but was much brighter. It wasn't falling, it was heading North. I took out my binoculars and continued to observe the craft until it disappeared. I live about 50 miles from Macdill Airforce Base, so I am used to seeing jets flying through the air, but this did not resemble any trail left by a jet that I have seen before. The flame was much bigger and left no smoke. Did anyone else observe this object?


((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail? PD))