Fireball over Martinsville, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Tuesday evening on September 9th, 2014, at approximately 9 P.M., I was outside walking my two dogs, when I looked up and saw a large bright orange/red orb floating slowly in a horizontal line. It looked like it was on fire and continued to move across the sky for about 5 minutes. A helicopter came into my view from the southwest at 9:05 P.M. and the orb seemed to burn out and disappear. The helicopter then flew in the exact path of the orb. The whole thing was very strange.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113440). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-06 → 2014-09-23
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