Fireball over Forestville, MD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On October 20th 2023, I examined my doorbell camera footage from October the 16th through the 19th and discovered a bright light the size of an aspirin over to the south/southwest direction from my home. As it ascended, the roundish white light seem to have shifted direction away from me because the size immediately shrunk, but still ascending. As the object got to the top of the video, I noticed another smaller bluish/white orb following behind it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #179284). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-10-15 → 2023-11-01