CaseFireball1999
Las Cruces, NM, USA
a close friend of mine witnessed the same phenomenon (sp?) that was reported in northern new mexico 250 miles south of albuquerque, in
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 15s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (134 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1999-08-15
- Where
- Las Cruces, NM, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 10-20 seconds
- Geo
- 32.312, -106.778 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-las-cruces-nm-1999-16e6bc
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In context
- Las Cruces, NM has 85 sightings on file here.
- 1999 brought 35 reports from New Mexico.
- The 1990s skewed 6.8% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.
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