Dave Beaty
Active Member
I was contacted by a local resident to report a UFO sighting off the coast of Pine Island in Lee County Florida on March 7th around 7:50PM Local Time EST. He said he observed a bright light in the SW sky moving northward slowly. He said the light was trailing a long tail of fire and pieces were coming off the object. The description was not descending but moving across the sky slowly. Color was white.
He asked me if the Starliner crash the day before could have been orbiting the Earth to then cause this unknown object. To date I have not found any scheduled re-entry or official bolide reports over the Gulf of "Mexico".
I did find this listing of numerous reports from west Florida at the time:
https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports/?country=&start_date=2025-03-07+00:00:00&end_date=2025-03-07+23:59:59&event=&event_id=&event_year=
A few sample reports:
He asked me if the Starliner crash the day before could have been orbiting the Earth to then cause this unknown object. To date I have not found any scheduled re-entry or official bolide reports over the Gulf of "Mexico".
I did find this listing of numerous reports from west Florida at the time:
https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports/?country=&start_date=2025-03-07+00:00:00&end_date=2025-03-07+23:59:59&event=&event_id=&event_year=
A few sample reports:
External Quote:Thousands of fine golden sparks trailing, believe it was SpaceX debris that had orbited the earth since yesterday. Trajectory wrong for normal fireball meteor. For a moment though it was an aircraft breaking up, then realized it was at a high altitude moving at thousands of milers per hour. It burned out just over the Gulf coast south of Sarasota, coming from nearly due west and heading ESE.
External Quote:I enjoy walking at this time of night with a friend and we both saw it. We watch the sky a lot noticing stars and aircraft. We thought at first an airplane than realized no as the yellow streak fragmented. We have enjoyed several sightings in the past few years on our walks in this area that have been bright meteors.
External Quote:There was a long trail of fragments, so much so it seemed like it was fireworks but quickly realized it was too high up to be fireworks.
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