As reported

Fireball over East Northport, NY

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

We suspect that the sighting was a nighttime sighting, and we have amended the time above, to reflect that possibility. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113040). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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