Fireball over Avon, MA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I pulled into the Walmart where it looked like it may have hit the ground just behind it. Nobody was around. I'm so surprised the car in front of me didn't pull over. I hope I'm not the only one who saw it. I've never seen anything like it before in my life.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129138). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-08-07 → 2016-08-24
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