Fireball over Vassar, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
large orange ball with a long orange tail, plummeting toward the ground; blew apart in NE sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
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 2008-09-14 → 2008-10-01
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