Fireball over Chatfield, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Was driving home after a hockey game down the highway when I saw a bright light blue flame dive down towards the ground before swooshing back up into the sky before disappearing into a small burst of white/blue flame. Then several minutes later while still driving home, I saw a similar blue flame hovering just off the top line of the mountains. It stayed there for about 30 seconds of so before again bursting into a wisp of flame and then disappearing into the night sky.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #144860). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-02-08 → 2019-02-25