Fireball over Tea, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was moving my waste bin to the curb, and noticed the fireball with tail streaking from west southwest towards Sioux Falls, SD. It appeared to flame out between Tea and Sioux Falls.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130091). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-18 → 2016-10-05