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Lachen, Schwyz (Switzerland)

Sighted on Thursday 30. April 2015
Reported on
Shape: Fireball | Duration: Undisclosed
Source:

I was doing the dishes and the sink is right in front of the window. I was looking outside absent-mindedly when I noticed a bright orange object suddenly appearing out of nowhere in the sky, moving slowly from north to south west. The sun had just set and the sky was sort of dark blue. There were no stars to be seen, as it was cloudy (rained earlier but not at time). When I first saw it I felt something like a knife stabbing into my heart, I ran outside. I was very excited!! That was when the object was closest. It was sort of saucer shaped with a dome?? on top. I watched it go horizontally and then disappear in a blip. It then reappeared more to the west after about 10 seconds. It was hovering. I ran inside, yelled for my brother and told him to grab his phone. We went outside and it was still hovering there!! We both filmed it as it was stationary. It then slowly disappeared/disintegrated as you can see on the videos. Our mobile phone cameras arent really good, it looked way more orange and bright (you know this from taking pictures of the moon!!) We were both in awe. One or two other people were watching from their balconies too. The object was hovering for about 2 minutes but it felt like forever. After that it reappeared once more, way more to the west and went straight up and disintegrated. We didnt see it again, and it looked further away when we saw it last. We are still very excited. My little brother is scared now. The second video was taken with an Iphone so it's not as good but if you zoom in you can see it. We were able to film it when it was hovering.

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