Fireball over Fletcher Binghamville, VT
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At 21:37 orange fireball sighted in southeastern sky. Object moving directly towards 2 witnesses. Fireball orange with red and yellow flickering middle. Appeared to have "smoky" outer aura. Object was video taped with no results 3 photos taken of first object which continued towards the north where it became increasingly dimmer. 2nd object appeared in the original area of the first. This object was photographed and video taped. Appeared identical to the first fireball. Followed same trajectory as 1st but veered halfway to the northeast. There was no sound with either fireball. One witness observed orange lights 45 mins. prior to the fireball sighting. The lights reflected off the tree line twice, no fireball observed at that time. There was a grating metallic sound with the lights. Only one person observed the lights. Both fireball sightings were 2 mins each.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158622). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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