Fireball over Erwin, NC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright white light falling extremely fast from atmosphere to the ground approximately in the area of Four Iaks to Smithfield, NC. No sound, spear of burning light with a tail, estimate object size 50 ft across with 80 ft tail
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129807). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-05 → 2016-09-22