CaseFireball1955
Independence, MO, USA
A witness in Independence, Missouri reported a flaming ball of light making sharp right-angle turns in the sky, observed from a front porch over several hours on a summer night in August 1955.
Report quality: Moderate49/100
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- No parseable duration on file
- Detailed witness text (192 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1955-08-08
- Where
- Independence, MO, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- several hrs.
- Geo
- 39.091, -94.416 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-independence-mo-1955-7c6051
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In context
- This is one of 59 reports logged in Independence, MO.
- This case is one of 2 Missouri reports filed in 1955.
- Fireball craft made up 3.9% of 1950s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.
Report
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