NUFORC UFO Sighting 181301

Occurred: 2024-04-27 20:30 Local
Reported: 2024-04-28 05:29 Pacific
Duration: 40 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Orleans, MA, USA
Location details: Sighting traveled from the south sky to the east sky, between 30-45 degree angle in the sky

Shape: Fireball
Color: White
Estimated Size: About 20% of the size of the moon
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Object was south/SE of me and traveled east/NE of me
Angle of Elevation: 40
Closest Distance: No idea
Estimated Speed: No idea

A consistently traveling fireball over Atlantic Ocean

My husband was getting something from our car around 8:30 at night and yelled “what is that?”. I was just a few steps away and turned around to see the consistent traveling light (fireball in shape with an oval tail) in the sky. It was much larger than a star or planet and was not traveling as fast as a shooting star. I haven’t seen this type of sky activity before but one rational explanation could be a plane with something on fire, but it traveled consistently and not distressed seeming. I witnessed it travel from the south/SE sky to the East/NE sky where it then dove down slightly and faded (over Nauset Beach). We called our son out to see it and he also witnessed the last 10 seconds of it. There was only 1 object. It was a white light, no other noticeable color. I would say I witnessed it for about 40 seconds. My husband caught a short video of it but it looks dimmer in the video than what you could see with your eye. Please contact me if you would like his permission to share the video. We are professionals who live in the Boston area and have a second home in Orleans, Cape Cod so we are familiar with the night sky in this area.

Posted 2024-05-05