As reported

Fireball over Winchester, TN

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The report, as filed

An object looking from the east towards the West was seen streaking down towards the earth larger than any meteors I have ever witnessed with a large tale as if it was a comet but moving much too rapidly for that. I am not sure what it was.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #145501). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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On July 4, 2020 at around 20:00 hours while boating on Tim's Ford Lake near Dry Creek Beach in Winchester, Tennessee, six people witnessed a glowing ball in the sky to the North/East of our location. The time in which the the ufo was present is unknown, as we do not know how long it had been present before we noticed it, but once we noticed the ufo, it was present for about 45 minutes or so afterwards. At first we thought the ufo was a paper lantern but it stayed in the same spot the intire time. After arriving home, the next day we looked on the internet to try to get an explanation for what we saw, and that's when we realized that several other witnesses from other states all around the country had seen the same thing.

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