CaseFireball1955
Welwyn Garden City (UK/England), United Kingdom
A witness in Welwyn Garden City, England reported two orange, fireball-like lights hovering low together for about ten minutes before one shot away at high speed, in February 1955.
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (180 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1955-02-15
- Where
- Welwyn Garden City (UK/England), United Kingdom
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 20 mins
- Geo
- 51.802, -0.207 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-welwyn-garden-city-uk-england-1955-5aa543
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In context
- Welwyn Garden City (UK/England), United Kingdom has 3 sightings on file here.
- 1955 brought 4 reports from United Kingdom.
- The 1950s skewed 3.9% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.
Report
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