Fireball over Selma, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I was watching it and thinking about the size, it shot south with a blue tail. As I told my boss, "look at that" it seemed to disappear behind what looked like a cloud. Don't know what it was. It might be nothing, but I can't explain it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132325). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-24 → 2017-02-10