Fireball over gadsden, AL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
me & wife were sitting on the front porch when over the tree line came a basketball size fire ball around 1000ft in the air and flying in a straight line before disappearing. we have video on both of our phones and pictures relevant to similar sightings involving similar objects. this is the 1st time either of us has seen anything like this and we both agree it wasn't natural or man made that we know of. we honestly do not know.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179180). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-09-26 → 2023-10-13