Fireball over Emerald Isle, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At approximately 11:45pm, while sitting on the deck of a beach front property on Emerald Isle, NC, I observed a yellow orangish sphere/fireball in the SSE sky that was pulsing different diameters/brightness as it descended through slighly cloudy conditions at an 80ish degree angle down into the ocean. Event lasted 5-8 seconds, and was estimated to be several miles out to sea. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129047). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-05 → 2016-08-22
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