Fireball over East Durham, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We saw a perfect circular red-orange ball of light, steady unblinking flying low over trees from east to west. Huge ball of light flying at a steady pace parallel to ground. Saw it for approx 20 to 30 secones before it disappeared behind the tree line. No sound.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158772). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-08-12 → 2020-08-29
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