Fireball over Rockville, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While traveling north on Hwy 23 four miles south of interstate 94 I observed a line of bright orange orbs traveling from NNW to SSE approximately 1000-1500 ft AGL. The first two were grouped close and just after passing nearly straight above me, shot up through the cloud deck at high rate. Three more followed in the same line but instead of going up like the other two continued SSE to the horizon. The last one went dim before reaching the horizon. I immediately pulled over and videotaped them as soon as I could safely do so.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149269). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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