Fireball over Phoenix (northwest part), AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My son and 17 y/o daughter were walking our dog and saw a fireball in the SW sky that was falling slowly to the ground. There haven't seem to have been any reports on the local media about it but they did get pictures on their phones. They said it looked like a helicopter was flying near it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #115660). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-11-24 → 2014-12-11