Fireball over Ponchatoula, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
orange light appeared in the Eastern sky of Louisiana, it was dancing
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 2009-11-02 → 2009-11-19
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May 17, 2019 · 7:35 PM · OTHER
Ponchatoula, LA
the object looked similar to a large plane,but it looked as though it had two cigar shaped bodies the length of the object. it moved at a slow rate of speed traveling north to south and then almost straight up and faded away.
September 8, 2015 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Ponchatoula, LA
At approximately 22:00 CST ((sic. CDT)), a round yellowish white object moved very rapidly from WNW to ESE and disappeared below the eastern horizon. I was looking to the NE at the constellation Casseiopia and spotted it directly overhead. I am not sure of the size but it was at least 20-100 times larger than an aircraft traveling in roughly the opposite direction at the same time.
March 16, 2012 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Ponchatoula, LA
Driving on hwy 22 towards ponchatoula from madisonville, when approximately 7-9 lights began sporadically flashing almost in the shape