Fireball over Fruita, CO
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Fireball flew above Mesa County CO, and exploded before hitting earth above grand junction co [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175524). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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At 10:15 PM I stepped outside to have a smoke on my deck. I looked to the North West, I couldn't help but look that direction because there was a whole string of bright white lights heading North East. There was no doubt in my mind what I was seeing, I knew. A fleet of UFO's. There was no sound, and they moved in precise order. And they just kept coming. Once they got farther North East, they just simply disappeared. I guessed maybe 50, but I don't know how many I missed before I got outside. Tried to video it but I was shaking so bad, I hit video on phone and forgot to hit play. Dang it. Probably a once in a lifetime event. Quite scarry, to see so many.
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