Fireball over Coolridge, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was traveling home from picking up some burgers for the family... It was a clear night and I noticed two lights in the sky... They stood out because they were yellow looking.... When I finally got a good veiw of them... one was over top of the other and looked like big fireballs falling to earth... I pulled in the driveway and ran into the house to tell my wife what I saw.... I looked back outside and only one was left.... but it was flying east.... My wife came to the door and seen the one... It still looked like a fireball.. .but traveling east, instead of falling.... Very weird... My wife called 911 to report this and see if anyone else had seen it... No one had reported any thing on this
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134100). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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