Fireball over White sands missile range, NM
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The report, as filed
Larges fire ball look like a large commet with a short tale, moving from east to west fairly slow for about five second, and then move strait down in a blink of and eye, not a missile as i am very familiar with missiles and the trajectory in witch the move. The fireball was much faster. Fire ball was yellow with a reddish orange tail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124252). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-11-17 → 2015-12-04