Circle over Tolar, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While smoking outside I was admiring the bright stars. I was looking south when what I thought was a "falling star" came into view about 60 degrees from the horizon. If I were drawing what I saw, it was a green circle about the size of a number two pencil eraser with a reddish orange tail about one and a half inches long. It traveled in a downward southwest direction until I lost view of it about 10 degrees above the horizon. I thought it might be a satellite returning to earth but I it was odd enough that I thought I should report.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #170932). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-07-24 → 2022-08-10
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