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Fireball over Cliffdell, WA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

. We were camping at Sawmill Flats campground on Hwy 410 on Sat. June 4th. At dusk, I noticed an reddish orange ball of light across the Naches River, approximately 100 meters away. I first thought it was a light from other campers, but then it changed into what looked like a camp fire. A little while later, my husband started watching it as well. It split into 2 red moving fireballs, then had a white one in the middle. I quit watching it for a while, but my husband continued to watch. When I returned, it moved and I saw a light blue orb or light come from the side from the West with a beam of light and joined into the orange fireball. My husband is submitting a separate report. We spoke via telephone with the husband, and he seemed to be a quite eloquent, and a very serious-minded, witness. We strongly suspect that both witnesses are highly credible. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127764). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-01 → 2016-06-18

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June 4, 2016 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL

Cliffdell, WA

We were camping at Sawmill Flats, a campground near Cliffdell WA. We were in our motorhome about 8:30pm at dusk. About 100 meters across the Naches River, a red fireball appeared. My wife went to bed thinking it was probably a campfire. I was laying down in the center bed watching out of the window. Then I noticed the glowing reddish orange ball hovering along the road across the river moving slowly. I thought it was an emergency vehicle. Then, it went to the upper tree line in seconds. Moved left, then right, then East maybe a mile (I could still see it). It then returned across from our camp and split into 2 flaming red balls. Then a white ball appeared. It was a little smaller than the reddish ones. It emitted a blue beam and was moving all over the place. I watched it for approximately 1 hour. Then it went up into the sky to where I couldn't see it anymore - it was making a whirring sound. The original ball was approximately 24 inches in diameter, when it split into two, they were both approximately 24 inches in diameter too. The smaller orb was a little smaller.