Fireball over Mount Hope, WV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was smoking my routine cigarette when I happened to look at the sky to see a fireball or some type of craft descending from the sky. It was obviously falling or descending at high speed because I could see a trail of what I assume was fire behind it. I seen many different colors from the flame behind it such as blue, white, and faint pink. It all happened so quickly so so couldn’t photograph it but I did document it in my journal and even drew a picture of it from memory when I came back inside. I hollered at my girlfriend to come look but unfortunately she wasn’t fast enough to catch it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160050). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-06-04 → 2020-06-21
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