When I was about 10 years old 1983 (+/- 2 years) I was 'camping' in my backyard with a friend. While we were running around in the dark we saw an asteroid bounce off the atmosphere and either enter below my visual horizon or pass by the earth.

It was about the size golfball/chicken egg held at arms length. I was facing East-South-East (approximately).

It was a bright red, and I could see impact craters on the surface of it. There were no 'flames/fireballs' from orbital entry friction.

The entire incident lasted less then 10 seconds (but this is very much a guess, and impacted by the time-frames involved).