A firery ball came from a high altitude at a steep angle in the northern sky. It leveled off and changed to a dome shape with a pulsating red light on top. A white light glowed underneath as it flew level in a NW direction.

I am a private pilot (at age 16) with USAF pilot training in T-37 jet. Three of us saw a fire ball enter the atmosphere at a steep angle. It was trailing red fire as it came down at high speed. It leveled off at a few thousand feet and became a dome (lampshade) shape with a pulsating red light on top and a yellowish-white light shining below. It was several miles to the north so we had a side view as it leveled off and slowed way down. It was moving in a westerly direction at approximately two or three thousand feet. It made no sound and the sky was clear and very dark. It got smaller as it flew to- ward the west at several hundred miles per hour. We lost sight after two minutes when it was hidden by the trees on the horizon.