10/7/2004: Monticello, IN, USA

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Occurred : 10/7/2004 20:30 (Entered as : 10/07/2004 20:30) Reported: 10/14/2004 9:02:02 PM 21:02 Posted: 10/27/2004 Location: Monticello, IN Shape: Light Duration: 5-7 min Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Three fireballs repeated approx. every 30 sec. apart just south of Monticello I was driving on Springboro Rd. driving north toward Monticello from Ind. 18 at about 8:30 P.M. when I noticed three fireballs to the northeast of my location. They appeared in quickly one after another, about a half second between each, in an area approx a moon's width apart. The fireballs were a bright orange color, similar to a road flare, and lasted about five seconds, with the first one to appear being the first one to go out and so on. I continued to watch the area of sky where the lights appeared and continued to see the same three fireball cycle continue for the next 5 to 7 minutes,with the cycle repeating, about every thirty seconds, until I was directly west of the fireballs. I guessed, based on a cell phone tower that the fireballs were in front of, that the fireballs were located approx. 3 to 4 miles southeast of Monticello at a height of 2,000 to 4,000 ft. There were aircraft in the area that I feel were military but these aircraft were all to the west of my location and were doing some kind of training activities with each other, which is a common thing to see at that time on Thursday nights. This is not the first time I have seen the fireballs, but it is the first time I have been certain it was not a naturally occuring fireball.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 10/7/2004 20:30 (Entered as : 10/07/2004 20:30)
Reported: 10/14/2004 9:02:02 PM 21:02
Posted: 10/27/2004
Location: Monticello, IN
Shape: Light
Duration: 5-7 min
Characteristics: There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object

Three fireballs repeated approx. every 30 sec. apart just south of Monticello

I was driving on Springboro Rd. driving north toward Monticello from Ind. 18 at about 8:30 P.M. when I noticed three fireballs to the northeast of my location. They appeared in quickly one after another, about a half second between each, in an area approx a moon's width apart. The fireballs were a bright orange color, similar to a road flare, and lasted about five seconds, with the first one to appear being the first one to go out and so on. I continued to watch the area of sky where the lights appeared and continued to see the same three fireball cycle continue for the next 5 to 7 minutes,with the cycle repeating, about every thirty seconds, until I was directly west of the fireballs. I guessed, based on a cell phone tower that the fireballs were in front of, that the fireballs were located approx. 3 to 4 miles southeast of Monticello at a height of 2,000 to 4,000 ft. There were aircraft in the area that I feel were military but these aircraft were all to the west of my location and were doing some kind of training activities with each other, which is a common thing to see at that time on Thursday nights. This is not the first time I have seen the fireballs, but it is the first time I have been certain it was not a naturally occuring fireball.