Fireball over Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was lying down looking at the stars with a friend when all the sudden a big bright light appeared with a streak behind it going a decent speed but not an insane speed, it was in the sky travelling for about 5 seconds when all the sudden it zoomed away at a speed I didn't think was possible,. Both me and my friend saw it and were immedietely super confused about what it was. The object was about 8 times the size of a star in the sky, the object was very bright and partially illuminated the sky; there was also no sound from the object.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135604). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-05 → 2017-08-22
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