Long Island's Mysterious Object

In November 2013, a mysterious object seen falling from the sky which left a white trail as it plummeted to the ground between Patchogue and Sayville. At that time, Marc Rubin, a bicyclist, and other witnesses saw a white ball falling from the sky over either Patchogue and Sayville Monday and took 2 photos. He said, the unidentified falling object has a sort of curlicue tail at the top and came straight down at a 90 degree angle.

Suffolk County Police also received several 911 calls and reports of a downed planes. Based on the report, police looked for a crash and found nothing. Kevin Fallon, a Police Deputy Chief told NBC New York that the department’s helicopter pilots believe that it was some type of model rocket or a flare.

 

A falling object with its white tail

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that there were no reports of any planes in trouble or any other issues in the sky on Monday.

Sources:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mystery-Falling-Object-Suffolk-Long-Island-Patchogue-Sayville-232684511.html;

http://patch.com/new-york/sayville/bayport-man-sees-unknown-object-seen-fall-near-sayville

Pic Source:
http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/falling-object.jpg