Fireball over Raleigh, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright orange globe flying in straight line. Wife and I both saw it. No sound. No lights. Silent. Traveling from a North to South without changing course. Moving at an un-known speed or altitude. Hard to judge, since it was a bright fireball. I'm a private pilot, and have never seen anything like this. Traveled over the Raleigh Airspace, that isn't normal pattern for this area.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119554). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-06-11 → 2015-06-28