Fireball over Nogales, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The light was fast, it stopped 3 times. It changed directions. At the end it stopped moving. Got bright, pulsed on and of a few times and then it was gone.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171496). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-08-27 → 2022-09-13
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