Fireball over Columbus, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was walking out to jump in my Car to Smoke a Cigarette around 2 am. I seen a weird Almost Fireball looking thing in the sky. It looked like it was on fire or had a glowing aura around it from what I could see from the corner of my eye. I looked up at it to try and see what it was and it was so bright it honestly felt like I was trying to look into the sun. It was something I have never seen before and I am outside every night. I grabbed a pair of sun glasses out of my car as the same time as my phone rang. When I put the glasses on and tried to look up at it again it was gone. IT vanished straight up in the sky and seemed like it moved instantly. I Answered my Phone and it was a friend of mine who lives two streets over. He Was calling me because he seen it to and was freaked out. I have never believed Till now. But there is nothing to explain that I have looked everywhere trying to. Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117502). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-12-17 → 2015-01-03
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