Probable conventional

Fireball over Baker, CA

A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.

The report, as filed

Object that looked like a plane at first but had an obvious tail coming from it. It dimmed somewhat and then we could see very faint trail still. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176396). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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@4:15am Just North of Baker, CA, on Death Valley Rd/127 there was a green flash of light to the west (maybe near fort irwin? or closer to the mtn range). First a bright flash caught my eye, then as i look over i see the beam & another (light?) with a cylinder shaped green aura around it which appeared to be slowing down as it got closer to the ground, but it all happened fast. Data recieving? The cylinder shape light that appeared to be traveling down the beam is what threw me off.

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