Fireball over South Portland, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On 8/23/13 at 22:45 my co-worker and I witnessed 2 Orange balls of light heading in a southerly direction in unison. altitude was rough
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 2013-08-20 → 2013-09-06
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