Fireball over Mercedes, TX
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
As I was driving a blue light flashed up in the sky ahead like a burning object entering the atmosphere.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #174267). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-01-31 → 2023-02-17
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An object that looked like a star was observed by my brother, who lives next door. I went outside to observe too. I located object in sky directly above. It seemed to be moving east to west slightly north. It was moving very slow. I checked through my apps on phone to see if it was a satellite/rocket or star. I could not identify as satellite/rocket or star. With binoculars, it could be seen a bit better, maybe a weather balloon but I have never seen one before. Object suddenly disappeared after going behind a high level cloud (cirrus) that was very faint.