Fireball over DeQuincy, LA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I saw a large fireball streak across the sky from west to east north of the Lake Charles area. It streaked quickly giving off a bright yellowish orange light, then began breaking up and flashed as it went out. There was no sound where I was.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149449). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-30 → 2019-10-17