As reported

Fireball over Alliston (Canada), ON · Canada

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Looked like large ball of fire, moved slowly horizontal, diminished and winked out

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: Department of National Defence (Canada) · records window 2013-06-12 → 2013-06-29

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August 27, 2014 · 8:45 PM · CIGAR

Alliston (Canada), ON · Canada

Just a bit after dusk, I was sitting at my backyard table in Alliston, Ontario. My backyard faces south looking over a farmer's field. I noticed a cigar shaped (horizontal) object which was heading West at a very rapid rate. The object had very bright yellow lights (not flashing but solid). It was travelling very fast and only lasted perhaps 5 seconds before vanishing. I jumped up and ran to the edge of my yard, but there was no more sign of it. It was not too high in the sky and at first I thought it might be either a comet or a drone. There was no tail or trail behind it and since the lights were solid, I discounted both of these ideas. While looking for similar pictures on the net for the last few days it closely resembled a picture taken from Mexico in May 2013.

September 28, 2012 · 7:10 PM · LIGHT