NUFORC Sighting 77516

Occurred: 2010-08-28 22:30 Local
Reported: 2010-08-30 09:05 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Rochester, NY, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

We saw 20 to 30 fireballs floating or gliding higher and then slowly flickering out.

My husband and my sister and I just came back from playing miniature golf and were driving along the road. My sister saw what she thought were red stars and asked what they were. My husband and I both said they were just towers, as we were near the airport. But then they started to move and get closer and we knew they were not towers.

Every few seconds more would float up until there were about 20 to 30 in the sky. We pulled over into a nearby plaza to get a better look and try to get some pictures. Several other people had pulled in to look at them too. One guy yelled out his window to us "what ARE those?" We answered that we had no idea.

The objects were completely silent. They left no trails. They looked like orangish-reddish fire, they flickered, but it was clear that it was not aircraft lights (like red/white of planes). Also they didn't appear to flash uniformily like a light bulb would. It looked more like the flickering of fire. After a while the lights started to flicker out. But my husband then pointed to where one of them was and we saw that we could still see something moving against the sky, it was just completely darkened.

At that point there was a commercial jet in the sky and they were moving about twice the speed of the jet. But before, while they were lit up, they were moving much slower.

All three of us are college educated, upper middle class. My sister is 25. I am 29, and my husband is 34.




NUFORC Note:

We assume an evening sighting, and have amended the time above, to reflect that fact. PD


Posted 2010-08-30

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