Fireball over Columbus (North), GA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Light was small, at first, and then began to grow in length moving to the east. Appeared to have oval shape at eastern side of the trail; with skinnier diminishing trail to the west. Light flowed smoothly across the sky with no jerky motions and was completely silent. Observed the sky in the area for about 3-4 minutes, with no other lights observed in the sky. The streak of slow moving light appeared to be thicker than should be expected at that height (in comparison to shooting stars I have seen in the past). Did not appear to be a light from the airport or a green laser.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135475). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-07-29 → 2017-08-15