SIGHTING: ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"My husband and I were in our living room watching TV and our two dogs playing in the room. Our 3rd dog was laying outside in the grass, within 2 feet of our sliding glass door/doggy door leading to outside backyard. All of a sudden the dog outside made a horrendous noise/scream (not a bark) and shot into the house thru our doggy door like her tail was on fire. She nearly broke the sliding glass to get in! I jumped up as soon as I heard her and got to the sliding glass door/doggy door just in time to see it. It was a fireball sphere that looked flame colored, had a definite orb outline, moved super fast, but wasn't solid. I called to my husband and, from his recliner, he could see out the sliding glass door and witnessed the fireball disappear into the ground, leaving no hole, no burned area, no noticeable trace of impact. It was like it vaporized into the ground. We were quite shaken and our dog is now very cautious before going outside at night. Immediately after, the lights in our neighborhood came on and a few neighbors said they saw it fall but didn't see where it landed.My dog thought it was coming for her and I have never heard that sound from an animal in my life.Might not be an alien, but it wasn't a meteor.All of our dogs have now dug a hole in the area as if to look for it."