Sphere over Crawford, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At around 3:00 a.m. saw flash through my window thought it was somebody pointing a spotlight then hey like went across my window like a jet with a giant spotlight hardly any trail at all went from the southwest sky all the way to the Northeast there was airplanes flying commercial but this was not no airplane went over towards the Northeast sky and exploded with red flash about 15 or 20 pieces came off of whatever it was we are in the peak of a meteor shower and I've seen lots of the meteor show in my life and if this was a meteor it was the slowest one I've ever seen I don't know if it was space junk or what it was it was weird I even woke somebody up that was sleeping in the next room and they thought go across the sky also haven't heard or seen anything on the news or on the radio all day long about anything going across the sky last night at about 3:00 a.m. to about 3:15 a.m. it was was a big spotlight but I've never seen one that bright with the light and if it wasn't for my dog waking me up I would have never seen it
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175535). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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