Sphere over Haslet, TX
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
From the naked eye, the object appeared like a foggy orb. It drifted across the sky and then emitted something. Conditions are clear where I am. I though it looked like plane high beams but it clearly emitted/shot something from the front in a fan shape. There was only a bright white color. Zoomed in on the camera, the object appears to be linear in shape versus round. [NUFORC annotation: Rocket - Probable]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176896). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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