Fireball over Cumming, GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Approx 11:30 PM noticed and "orange fireball" that seemed to rise up from ground then begin moving east to west in my direction. At first thought it may have been a japanese lantern. The object was quite low in the sky, probably no higher than a "traffic copter" would normally fly, however, was probably no more than 1500 to 2000 feet altitude. Watched as it passed over and moved off towards the west. Whatever this was it moved quite slow, had none of the usual flashing red/green lights ones sees on the usual aircraft. It was a clear night, no wind, no clouds yet most notably this "craft" made zero noise. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #127984). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-06-15 → 2016-07-02
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