Fireball over Algoma, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw an orange light slowly moving from the sky towards the ground in a straight line to the west of Algoma, WI. I viewed the light through a pair of binoculars and it looked like a fireball. After ten minutes it disappeared beyond the horizon line. When I entered my house there was a static charge when I turned on the light switch. This could be coincidental, but does not usually happen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117964). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-03-18 → 2015-04-04
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April 28, 2012 · 9:55 PM · UNKNOWN
Algoma, WI
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