As reported

Fireball over Saylorsburg, PA

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Approx. 4 seconds of a bright thick streak of light over the sky & pretty low. Then suddenly the bottom tip explodes a bright white light & you can see bits burst out then in a second nothing at all.. everything was completely gone... an amazing & almost creepy thing to see. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130472). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-03 → 2016-10-20

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