Fireball over Jamul, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Over the mountains in Jamul, I saw what appeared to be a shooting star, only it was bright orange, and then turned into a fireball and exploded then totally disappeared. There was no sound. It lasted maybe 3 seconds this occured around 11:13 pm on 7-21-14. Then seconds later, to the right of where the fireball was, I saw what appeared to be a circular object just hovering. It was bright white light with red on the left side and blue on the right side, the flashing bright white light in the middle was pulsating. It hovered for at least a minute then suddenly shot across the sky so fast I barely saw it move, it was HERE then THERE, then it disappeared. This occured around 11:15 pm on 7-21-14.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111775). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-07-18 → 2014-08-04
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