Burning UFO Spotted In The Skies Over South Miami

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SOUTH MIAMI (CBS4) ― NOV 30 2009
CBS


The mystery surrounding a burning object seen falling from the sky in South Miami Sunday night remains, well – a mystery.

Miami-Dade police said emergency operators received a number of calls around 7 p.m. from people who reported seeing an object that resembled a hot air ballon on fire in the area of SW 84th Street and 52nd Avenue.

"It was observed. It was noticed," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Eddy Ballester. "Whether it is on fire or not is not known."

Eleven-year-old Luis Mercado and his mom said they saw the object as they were driving home from dinner.

"We saw like a giant red-like, a huge intense red ball which flew right across the side," Mercado said. "We though it was a hot air balloon or we thought it was a plane like crashing. We didn't know what it was at all."

Twenty county firefighters were sent to the area to look for the burning object as Miami-Dade police launched a helicopter to assist in the search. After two hours the search was called off after nothing was found.

The only thing that was recovered was a small piece of mesh found by an area resident.

"I saw a piece of wire mesh -- the thing that was on fire," said Steve Prellezo, a neighbor. "It was lying in the middle of the street. I parked my car and got out and dragged it to the side of the road. There was some gravel and I just covered it up and turned off the fire."

Firefighters are now waiting on the fire investigator to try and determine what that piece of mesh is. As of now they are not sure if it has anything to do with the fire in the sky that witnesses saw.

Meanwhile, Kathleen Bergen, spokeswoman for the FAA told CBS4.com that her agency was not involved in the investigation.

"We do not have any reports of any plane parts falling from the sky in that area," Bergen said.
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