NUFORC Sighting 54248

Occurred: 2007-01-01 00:20 Local
Reported: 2006-12-31 23:18 Pacific
Duration: 10 min.
No of observers: 7

Location: Cape Coral, FL, USA

Shape: Fireball
Characteristics: Left a trail

18 lights east to west in sky faster then airliners after fireworks ended on NEWYEARS EVE ---- SCARY

about 12:20am as the new year fireworks where ending we saw 2 lights or flame trails going east to west then north covering about 20-30 mile in the sky at a high rate of speed they where to high up and to slow to be fireworks but a lot faster then a normal airline jets about 3 times as fast with no blinking lights or jet sounds (maybe airforce jet afterburners? or missle tests?) then more came all my nieghbors {6} saw them and they are scared, one of them a retired airforce said if they where jets we would have heard a sonic boom cause of the speed they where going and the from the looks of the afterburns or flames but no sounds where heard it went on for 10 Min. we counted 18 of them chasing each other east to west then north then they went out of sight, these were to slow for shoting stars to fast for airline jets and way to high for fireworks, kind of scary for New years Eve

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Posted 2007-02-01