Fireball over Philadelphia (northeast part), PA

The report, as filed

As I was walking home from the Chinese store with a friend, we seen A big bright GREEN ball ascended in to the sky really fast. Stopped for 2 seconds, Then flashed green real bright. Then flew away faster then anything I ever seen before. I was freaking out. Because I am very aware of UFO's n always watch alien documentaries all the time, and I once saw something I thought was a UFO. But this was very close, only about 3 blocks away I'd say. And its just so (I can't even explain the feeling) to actually witness it first hand, and so close. So had a really bad feeling about it. Why in Philly? A largely populated city where a lot of people are still out at 1 am. That means they are started not to care if see. Which I believe is either a very bad thing. Or a very bad thing. No good can come of this. I even posted on a social media about it to see if anyone else seen it. And my friend said he did. I didn't even give a description of it. I just asked if anyone s! een that in the sky, and he said "I seen it. It was a greenish light rite. It flashed and I was waiting for the boom. I almost ((deleted)) panicked . I'm just so overwhelmed and needed somewhere to vent where I wouldn't sound crazy. Cause like they all say "I know what I saw"

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #114613). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.