Fireball over Central, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was driving home from work. I saw a shooting star or what looked like a shooting star pass me over head. I then said to myself Thank You Lord for allowing me to see that. It was a beautiful green shooting star. Then, it disappeared in the darkness. When I got closer to Joor Road to turn, I noticed a ball of fire appear out of nowhere. It stayed hovering there just above the tree lines for 10 minutes. My self and other vehicles stopped and watched as this round ball turned into a big ball of fire and started to fly following the Road southbound. It had no smoke no flashing lights no noise and was able to move side to side towards and backwards. It looked as if it was being flown....
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130403). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-09-28 → 2016-10-15