Fireball over Boca Raton, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving in my neighborhood when I noticed a strange light up in sky. I quickly pulled over and pulled out camera phone. The light looked like a flame kind of. It looked fire like, I guess a fireball type. At first I thought it wasn't moving, but when I stopped I noticed it was moving slowly across the sky. I thought maybe I would hear a noise, maybe it was a hot air ballon, I thought, but it was completely silent. Then I thought, no air ballon, what is this. I tried playing with zoom on my camera then lost it in the camera but I kept my eye on the flame, fiery, fireball like object as it slowly flew across sky. Then, it all of sudden went from a very slow rate of speed, to the speed of light, at an angle into space. Only a short line or trail of light was seen angled in to space. If I blinked I would have missed it. It was gone!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #109784). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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