Fireball over Bornheim (Germany) · Germany
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw what I thought was an airplane traveling in the direction from Bonn, Germany, toward Aachen, Germany. I did a double-take when I noticed that the object looked bright like the sun glowing gold. I ran and got my 30x optical zoom camera and took a few shots, as well as a short video. It was around sunset and had thought, this could just be a strange reflection from the plane which happens all the time. It just seemed very bright. What appear to be con-trails just seem a bit unusual as well.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118511). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) · records window 2015-04-15 → 2015-05-02