Circle over Hatch, NM
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving south on I -25 about 18:45 just north and east of Hatch, New Mexico, about 5 miles, I notice what started out as a falling star or green metor seem to be falling, rapidly, but I just appeared green bright Heading toward the ground , l could see it not just a contrail , I looked for an impact , it looked large enough to cause an explosion but nothing , that large and bright green , so close to the ground should of had an impact but nothing , I keep driving toward Hatch , I have seen falling debris most is yellow-ish in color not bright or flu resent green , it seam to appear not fall from space , had to land not impact.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122284). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-09-21 → 2015-10-08