Fireball over Barstow, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
5 very bright orange fireball shapes going across sky. Started high then moved down in same downward direction then stopped low in sky and turned into bright small circles. Stayed still for about 3 minutes then Started moving in different and opposite directions. 2 ran right into eachother from opposite directions and merged then went into different directions again. Then 4 lingered for about 10 minutes then disappeared. 1 turned black and stayed in a cigar shape in sky for another 5 minutes sky then disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159558). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-09-22 → 2020-10-09
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