Fireball over Massapequa, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Me and my brother were sitting in the hot tub in the early morning hours when he pointed out this very bright light that traveled fast with no plane navigation lights. It descended very fast and being a pilot myself it was definitely not a plane. It faded out after about a 1 or 2 minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #163715). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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