Fireball over Pharr, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Got home from traveling out of state, went outside to smoke a cigarette, and saw an object coming down to earth, more like a comet or debris, really bright we all saw it, myself, and 2 nephews. I was speaking to them about solar warden, looking up, we clearly saw it the through its descent and we heard a hissling sound like when fireworks and going up. Huge ball of fire, tip was blue/white with a blue tail that followed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129834). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-07 → 2016-09-24
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