Fireball over Crestone, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Last night my wife and I saw this amazing comet like thing in the sky. At first it was a bright light like a super bright star above the nearby 14000 foot mountains. And suddenly it took a right turn heading south. As it did we both saw a long tail with iridescent colors and then it disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #124317). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-11-19 → 2015-12-06
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