NUFORC Sighting 82753

Occurred: 2011-07-25 00:00 Local
Reported: 2011-07-27 12:09 Pacific
Duration: FEW MIN
No of observers: 1

Location: Flagler Beach, FL, USA

Shape: Fireball

Fire Ball crash into Atlantic Ocean

Please see local news story below......"He said the lantern it simply caught fire and fell into the ocean." No one from the Coast Guard was immediately available to comment on that possibility.

Note....We purchased a telescope about 2 months ago.....we are able to see ORBS and have been tracking them every night...which are not stars.

The ORBS look like a "Chinese lantern"....See below.

The fire ball went down about 7 miles from our home in Palm Coast Florida.

PS. WE have a FAA training center less than 1 mile from our home......they have been very busy this past year.

I have other very well documented unexplained events ( Large Boom ) which happened a few months ago....What is going on ? Does anyone care about this stuff ? ________________________________________________________________________________ BREAKING NEWS ALERTS FLAGLER BEACH -- What did people see crash into the Atlantic Ocean late Tuesday night off the Flagler County coast? That question remained unanswered Wednesday morning, and investigators have called off a search for a possible plane crash.

Dispatchers started getting calls Tuesday night reporting a fireball falling out of the sky and into the ocean off Flagler Beach, near State Roads A1A and 100.

Witnesses said they thought it might be a plane that crashed about 7 miles offshore.

Flagler County deputies then called the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, asking if they could use that agency's helicopter, AirOne, to help in the search.

The helicopter was sent up, but officials quickly realized that the search area would be too far out over the open water to safely operate the aircraft. So AirOne had to turn around and head back to shore.

Deputies then notified the Coast Guard, which sent a boat from Station Ponce Inlet to begin searching. But officials called off the search late Wednesday morning.

Petty Officer Jessica Potter said the Coast Guard found no wreckage or any other sign that a plane went down. She also said there were no reports of missing or overdue aircraft in the area.

While officials said it probably wasn't a plane, one witness, Nick Kennerly, told us he saw the light and saw where it came from.

Kennerly said a couple staying at a nearby motel lit a Chinese lantern. It's much like a hot air balloon. He said the lantern it simply caught fire and fell into the ocean.

No one from the Coast Guard was immediately available to comment on that possibility.

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Posted 2011-08-07