Fireball over Oates, MO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was out burning trash an started in to the house for more coffee an noticed out of the corner my eye a bright light like the moon behind the trees an turned to look an noticed a fireball like the sun moving around doing non plane moves toward the southern sky then just darted off towards the west gave me goosebumps An stood the hair up on my neck then a few minutes later still out there thinking what the hell did I just see when I noticed another ship creep n that was two toned black/ an grey long an like a boat or navy ship carrier length above the yard an darted off like a little light beem flash like the quickness of a shooting star in the same direction of where the fireball sun one darted off out towards the west. An the ship one came in from the north. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147071). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-07-17 → 2018-08-03