Fireball over Jackson, SC
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw three round looking objects (the color of fire) first one than the second to the right of the first one and the third below (if you connected them it would form a triangle) they all three went out at the same time. After about thirty minutes saw what looked like a shooting star and about twenty minutes saw another shooting star. This happened over the back pasture. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138982). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-02-24 → 2018-03-13