Fireball over Joppatowne, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were walking our dog when we saw a fireball come down towards the southeast. It was about half the size of the moon and had a greenish tint to it, but the middle of the fireball was white. It was in the sky for less than a second before disappearing below the tree line. Our dog seemed too scared to continue our walk, but we might’ve just been projecting our own nervousness. We headed back inside after about five minutes after we’d seen the fireball and didn’t spot anything else.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #151631). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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