CaseFireball2001

San Bernardino, CA, USA

Name: UFO sighting — San Bernardino, CA, USA
Start: 2001-03-31
Location: San Bernardino, CA, USA

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND A BRIGHT BALL OF LIGHT WAS JUST THERE IN THE SKY IT SEEMED TO HAVE A TAIL FOR ABOUT 8 SECOUNDS AND THE

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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Detailed witness text (135 characters)
Location geocoded exactly
No other reports from this city within 3 days

When: 2001-03-31
Where: San Bernardino, CA, USA
Shape: Fireball
Duration: 8 SECOUNDS
Geo: 34.108, -117.290 · exact
Slug: fireball-over-san-bernardino-ca-2001-1a25f5

In context

San Bernardino, CA shows up 73 times across the archive.
379 reports came from California in 2001.
In the 2000s, 5.5% of reports described a fireball — the all-time rate is 6.9%.

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