Fireball over Avon park, FL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
From where I was sitting it it appeared out of the West side of the sky heading towards the east bright fireball looking thing moving slowly but what got my attention is when it stopped in mid air and started going backwards again then stopped started moving forwards again and that's when I ran in and told my dad there's something in the sky he came out and watched it with me. Then it turned right heading south and just disappeared.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175323). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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