Fireball over Alma, AR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were traveling south on 540 and saw 6 bright orange fire balls that appeared to be floating in a southern bound direction. We saw them for about 10-15 minutes before they disappeared. They were visible from the highway from Westfork to south of Alma. Not sure if they burned out or we just lost sight of them in the horizon. A trail of smoke was visible behind each light and they were not lined up perfectly or in any kind of pattern. They were grouped together and traveling at mostly similar speeds.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144036). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-12-01 → 2018-12-18
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