Fireball over Bainbrodge, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The fireworks at our local school had just finished so everyone was still looking in the direction they were being blown off. Suddenly a fireball erupted out of no where and it seemed to glow entensely. It seemed to ignite then take off towards the west in an exactly straight line that also was very bright. It was traveling extremely fast, too fast to be a plane or helecopter. It just vanished into thin air after that. The fire works were not being shot off and it was very clear and still. 6 of us all saw the same thing and had explaination for what we saw. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have changed the time, to reflect an evening sighting. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111298). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-03 → 2014-07-20