SIGHTING: SAULT STE MARIE, ON

Witness Testimony

" Orange fireball over Sault Ste MarieOn Tuesday July 1st, at approx. 10:30pm, whilst over-nighting in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, on a road trip from Minnesota to Montreal, my two teenage children and I were watching the local fireworks over the river separating the USA and Canada. It was raining on and off with overcast skies. During the fireworks, I looked off to the SW and noticed and orange light approaching. As this got closer and easier to see, it appeared to be an orange/red fireball. It was moving from SW to NE at what I’d describe as the speed of a light plane. There was no noise and the object did not change shape and finally disappeared out of sight. I’d estimate the height between 1700 to 2500 feet. Whilst I was watching this, I told my kids to look in the direction I was as they were watching the fireworks and hadn’t noticed it yet. I asked them, “What do you think that is”? They both looked, turned to me with wide eyes, and both said, that’s the same thing we saw at home in August. I posted a similar sighting on 8-26-13 of four of these things in Minnesota. The first sighting still has me baffled and now I’m really intrigued. These aren’t planes or lanterns. After my first sighting I contacted the National Weather Service for wind directions which ruled out balloons etc. I did get a couple of photos of the first sighting but not this one. "