Fireball over Prineville, OR
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Observed what at first looked like 15+ stars lined up in a line, Southern Sky looking from Prineville, Oregon. line or formation was North South orientation from viewpoint, formation moved North in an orderly measured fashion and disappeared one by one as velosity increased, could not tell if direction of travel was ascending or decending in relation to night sky or horizon. Definitly not stars, definitely not aircraft, very large and bright and at a great distance, by the movement viewed speeds were astronomical! A bunch of people must have seen this it was spectacular!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #152079). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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