Fireball over Crane Hill, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I filled the dogs water bowl this morning I saw a bright violet flash in the the northern sky. The light was constant from sky to the tree line where the object started to curve back to the sky at about a 30 degree angle. The object disappear from sight behind the trees. The object was so hot that a blue streak in the air. The light was left for some time after the object disappeared from view. It may have just been a meteor but it was unlike any I have ever seen. It was such a pretty color, the dark sky looked almost dusk from the intense light. I left for work and looked for an in pact sight but nothing was found. The area I live in is far from city light pollution and full of stars. I can see satellites pass in the winter months. I was hoping to find someone else that had saw the same phenomenon. I have been out with the telescope all night looking. Any info would be helpful. So so so cool!!! No Google video or utube video look anywhere near this object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #123038). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-10-19 → 2015-11-05