Unspecified over Rushville, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was not a UFO. Just seen a fireball and it left about 5 fireballs behind it and then disintegrated. Norhteast sky. I was travelling wes
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 2009-11-16 → 2009-12-03
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