As reported

Fireball over Blaine, WA

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The report, as filed

I am up near the US / Canadian border and was on my deck looking east when I saw a blue light that looked like it was shimmering go from south to North in a straight line then disappeared. It certainly crossed the US Canadian border. It was slower than a shooting star, saw it for probably under 3 seconds, but way faster than any plane etc.. about 5 minutes later I saw what looked to be high powered flashlights in the sky hitting the clouds going all over the place, assumed someone else nearby saw it and was shining a super powerful flashlight up in the sky.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #178619). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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