Fireball over MIDWAY ATOLL, -
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
North Pacific Ocean Coordinates 28 degrees12' N 177 degree 21'W Archipelago. Hawaiian Archipelago We were on Midway Atoll, aka Sand Island I was with my film crew, BBC, Nat Geo, filmmaker Tom Fitz, Kate Raisz, film producer who works for the Smithsonian Museum Natural History and Nat Geo. Fish and Wild Life Deputy Superintendent for Midway Atoll. Amanda Boyd. Ivan Vincent, US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands External Affairs. Someone said look, there's a plane. I said that is no plane. The object was moving very quickly and by the time I reached into my pocket to retrieve my iPhone it had passed us. I filmed it for more than 2 1/2 minutes but by then it was so far away. There was no sound, it moved very quickly and steadily. It appeared to be descending You can hear our comments and see the object in the video
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167609). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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