Circle over Winter haven, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Red:orange Object looked like it was on fire and coming closer. Then it looked like it caught on fire and had a tail/trail of fire, looked like comet, which gave off smoke and a rumbling sound. Then it looked like the fire went out and it turned white like a star. Then it continued into space producing a conical type halo/tail behind it. We thought this was the expected asteroid but after checking the time, this object was later then the when the asteroid would have passed.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #166328). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-01-15 → 2022-02-01