Light over Gautier, MS
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
On Jun 25th at approx. 12:38am I observed an extremely bright light in the sky traveling extremely fast. It was heading Northeast. I caught a glimpse of it for a couple of seconds and knew immediately it was not a familiar object. It seemed to be flying rather low in the sky and was brighter and faster than anything I had ever seen. It resembled a shooting start with a tail following behind it which could have been from the sheer speed of which it was moving. It was clearly not a plane, nor was it the reflections of headlights in my windshield. It was a UFO. [NUFORC annotation: Meteor - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176440). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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