Oval over Fort Myers (near downtown), FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
OBJECT APPEARED OVAL SHAPED AND EXTREMELY BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT STREAKING IN NIGHT SKY, HEADING WEST TO EAST AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DISAPPEARED WITHIN 5 SECONDS. SEEN FROM A 30TH FLOOR VIEW OVER THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER, FROM 0ASIS 2 CONDO BUILDING.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #116575). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-01-05 → 2015-01-22