As reported

Light over Maryville, MO

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

The report, as filed

I was facing NNE at ~11:50 from Northwest University and saw a white point of light fall downward from left to right at a pretty steep angle. The point of light split into three smaller points and eventually faded off. Both the single point and the three points had a trail behind them. This all happened in ~two seconds. It was roughly 30° above ground level. I would be willing to guess it was a meteor. Even if it’s not a UFO this is just to help report and confirm any other similar sightings at this place and time. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113495). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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