Fireball over Enterprise, WA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At first I thought I was just seeing a jet with a large contrail, but the plume got wider and the object was a white ball with the streaming plume, which seemed to get larger as it flew from SE to NW. It disappeared behind clouds. I waited to see if I'd hear a sonic boom or anything, as I have seen space junk and a large meteor another time which made sonic booms, but nothing. This was approx. 5 PM, I was walking my dogs which are a handful, so didn't think of looking at time. I did snap a couple of pics, and will look to see how they came out. That's all neighbor. We have requested copies of the photos. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125887). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-02-13 → 2016-03-01