Fireball over Umpqua Nat. Forest (Idleyld Park), OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Two balls of non-directional, full spectrum, bright light in perfect formation moving swiftly up the river valley, before veering up and shooting off into space near Mt Theilsen. A chase plane was observed about one minute later. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118509). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-04-13 → 2015-04-30