Fireball over Mercer, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Flying Very fast, under the moon. Was seen three times by three people. the third sighting the fireball was .75 of the way gone went black looked like a rock still going. Each time seen it came from the same flight path. North to the south east. We all saw other planes flying and could be seen crystal clear and they all had strobes. The sky is clear and a full moon.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111425). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-08 → 2014-07-25
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