Fireball over Dalton, NH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Stationary golden lights about 100 times larger and brighter than a star. First sight due south, low on horizon, 5 second duration. Second sight about five minutes later in same location and duration. Roar of low level jets overhead. Went outside to deck. Heard a bloop/whoosh sound. Then a third sight to the south east of a horizontal row of three lights at low level and fourth light a little further to the south (right) for about 5 seconds duration. Jet roar diminishing into distance with two smaller red lights. About one year ago my girlfriend described to me a sighting of the three horizontal lights in approximately the same location. She witnessed lights on this sighting also. She just texted me that another woman she works with also saw "4 globes of light."
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118323). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-04-11 → 2015-04-28
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