Fireball over Doylestown, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
looking to my west towards a setting sun, I saw a large fireball leaving a wide trail of white smoke. It was moving slowly, easy to see
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2003-12-24 → 2004-01-10
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