someone called 911 to say a flaming object had just plunged into the water right offshore. they told the dispatcher they saw a big flash of fire. soon other people started calling 911 as well. reporting they had just seen a plane catch fire and crash into the gulf of mexico. of course, that is a terrifying thing to see as you are going about your business in gulf county florida. about 15 minutes after people started calling 911 that they maybe just witnessed an airliner going down. the local paper posted this message on their facebook page, several readers have contacted us about a fireball seen dropping into the gulf of mexico along the horizon about 11:30 a.m. eastern on wednesday. tyndall air force base notified the sheriff's office that the object was a drone that caught fire. on facebook only four people