Fireball over Panama City beach, east, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Driving east side of the beach.saw four fire ball orbes the size of a pinky finger nail. The event started when the first ball floated towards me two miles away three K high. Each one came across an the count of 10 and straight up into the atmosphere.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132703). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-02-14 → 2017-03-03