NUFORC Sighting 151901

Occurred: 2019-12-23 17:00 Local
Reported: 2019-12-23 09:39 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Sarajevo (Bosnia), , Bosnia and Herzegovina

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

I work at ATC in Sarajevo. Two controllers were working when they heard pilots using the emergency frequency to talk to each other about fireballs flying in formation. The sighting was confirmed by many pilots talking on the frequency, from fix ETOBI in Bosnia until entering Slovenian airspace. The sighting ended when pilots said that the fireballs shot up to space one by one. One ATC thinks the pilots were joking, the other one thinks they were serious. They did not write a report.

Posted 2020-01-31