Fireball over Atlantic Ocean (departed from Bayonne, NJ)), -
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I’m a passenger on a cruise vessel, which I won’t name, departing from Bayonne, NJ, and heading to Bermuda. At approximately 03:10, which could very well be 04:10, due to the one hour time difference, I was on my balcony, at which time I noticed a fluorescent green circular object penetrate the oceans depths and rise to cloud level. This object had what appeared to be amber yellow/orange flames around the object. The flames emulating the outer surface of a circular saw, and glistened as if burning. At first, I chalked it up to a military exercise, but wanted to inform you of what I noticed. I am still on the ship which reaches port at 08:30 on 07/24/2019. Thank you.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #147743). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-07-20 → 2019-08-06