fiery ball in sky

[Butterflies2000]

I live on Vancouver Island, Canada. Last night I saw a fiery ball in the western sky, not like normal stars. Would this be a comet?

[Astro Noodles]

Was it moving in relation to the stars?

[900SL]

If there were two of them it may have been the spirit of Jerry Lee Lewis

[Butterflies2000]

It seemed to be moving very slowly.

[Butterflies2000]

no tail that I could see - just a ball of blazing fire.

[Astro Noodles]

If you could see it moving, it was not a comet.

How big was it compared to other objects you could see?

Did it have a colour?

What time of night was it?

How far above the horizon?

[Zeta Reticulan]

Several years ago (4/6/15) around midnight I witnessed a fiery object tracking from west to east and at one stage it was virtually at the zenith. It was witnessed by another person. I never discovered what it was, I assume it was something re-entering, unless it was a particularly large meteor. 

Edited July 29, 2022 by Zeta Reticulan

[Butterflies2000]

My son saw blue and red colours in it but I didn't see that. It was bigger than regular stars. It was about 10:45 Pacific time.no tail that I could see - just a ball of blazing fire. If I think straight up is a 90 degree angle then it was about 30 to 40 degrees.

 

[Butterflies2000]

It was blazing orange to me.

[Zeta Reticulan]

Sounds like a re-entry vehicle of some sort. The flames would be around the heat shield. 

[Astro Noodles]

If it had any flashing lights it was almost certainly an aircraft. At 10.45 it would presumably be twilight in Vancouver? Perhaps an aircraft at altitude with the sun, just below the horizon was reflecting off the lower surfaces of the aircraft. 

[Butterflies2000]

It was blazing orange to me.

[paul mc c]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/debris-chinese-long-march-5b-y3-rocket-could-hit-earth-within-days/&ved=2ahUKEwjQ6cvs5J75AhUNR8AKHT1bAiwQFnoECFoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw11uohDpUH8ppPeiko8yZZ8

[Butterflies2000]

no flashing lights like a craft might have. Blazing too much to be an orb

 

[Butterflies2000]

wow it might have been debris from that Chinese cargo craft! I'll see if it's still around tonight.

[VNA]

Hello, most likely space junk?

[Elp]

A Chinese lantern?

[Dave scutt]

Maybe the Chinese rocket.

[Sunshine]

Every night around the globe hundreds of objects enter the atmosphere looking like all manner of things, space junk, space rocks and such. Vancouver Island is beautiful! I lived in Surrey as a wee lad.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Sunshine

[Zeta Reticulan]

Chinese junk?

[Dave Lloyd]

Occasionally we see a fiery ball in the western sky in Britain. We call it the Sun though. 

[Butterflies2000]

Well, I didn't see the fiery ball in the sky last night, but I got too distracted by what I WAS seeing to look very well. Lol!

[Zeta Reticulan]

10 minutes ago, Butterflies2000 said:

Well, I didn't see the fiery ball in the sky last night, but I got too distracted by what I WAS seeing to look very well. Lol!

Never mind. There will probably be another one in a few days anyway lol.

[Gfamily]

22 hours ago, Elp said:

A Chinese lantern?

+1 for Chinese lantern

[MartinB]

Most likely a 'fireball'/meteorite.  Most shooting stars are meteors, bits of space dust which vapoorise in the atmosphere.  Larger chunks of rock appear larger and move more slowly.  They often impact and are then termed meteors.  They are spectacular.