Sphere over Pioneer, CA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright white spherical object with a thin long tail. The tail was 2 to 3 times as long as the object. The object was moving northward. After a minute disappeared in a puff of smoke as if it burned out. U. S. Navy launch of ICBM missile from a submarine. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132936). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-02-11 → 2017-02-28
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