Fireball over Decatur, TN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Standing on the porch amd looked up in the sky and first thought was a star but was orange, then noticed the object was moving and moving toward us and became closer and larger as it moved in our direction (southeast) and then just disappeared. We did not hear any noise but should have because it appeared to be low enough. This is the first time seeing anything like this. It was certianly a UFO to us. I would like to know what it was and where it went
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120985). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-05 → 2015-08-22
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