huge orange fireball over ocean in avon ncit was about 9:15 at night we were on the deck of our vacation rental im kinnakeet shores when my son yelled what the .. we all saw a huge orange ball of fire shooting across the skyline then disappear over the next hour we counted 9 helicopters flying down the coastline, veer out towards the ocean, out of site we could hear them but couldnt see them our most memorable event of this beach trip seeing the helicopters obviously looking too made us feel less crazy!((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. The time of the sighting was corrected by the witness to indicate 21:15 hrs.. PD))