CaseFireball1989

Fayetteville, NC, USA

these objects were seen the morning of hurricane hugo they were flying in a formation side by side when i first noticed them i thought

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-10-22
Where
Fayetteville, NC, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10minutes
Geo
35.053, -78.878 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-fayetteville-nc-1989-6efcaf
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

In context

  • Fayetteville, NC has 79 sightings on file here.
  • 1989 brought 12 reports from North Carolina.
  • The 1980s skewed 2.8% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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