Fireball over Nicholasville, KY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I live on a horse farm. As I was driving up the road to my home, I looked up and thought I was seeing a shooting star. As I continued to watch, I realized it was moving a little slower than a regular shooting star. It had a purple glow to it, which it was still light outside. Suddenly, it disappeared, and I was not able to see it anymore. I looked for it thinking it was probably a plane or something but never saw it again. The best way to describe it was a slow moving shooting star, I suppose.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #122836). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-10-08 → 2015-10-25
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