Fireball over Fayette, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We saw a red fireball moving slowly across the sky while driving north on 414. It was low and initially it thought it may have been a drone with a red light but after I pulled over to look closer it looked like it was on fire. I took one picture with my phone camera and another one with an actual camera (I'm on vacation here) before it was out of view/range to see or photograph. It lasted about 1 minute total.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177448). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-08 → 2023-08-25