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Middletown · CT, USA
Near Middletown, Connecticut on December 9, 1965, a witness reported a fireball roughly the size of a house crossing the evening sky, visible for about two minutes.
Enfield · CT, USA
Possible sighting of the Kecksburg UFO
Joppatown · MD, USA
controled fireball
San Clemente/San Juan Capistrano · CA, USA
Near San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, California in August 1965, witnesses reported an orange fireball descending toward the ground, visible for about a minute or less.
Lowell · IN, USA
At least 12 witnessed at close distance a red fiery orb in the night sky for 30 minutes that was not like anything we had ever seen.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
One light over ocean became brighter as time passed. One object became 2, 2 became 4, etc. Then one would flash out and disappear, but
Sistersville · WV, USA
Near Sistersville, West Virginia on July 15, 1965, witnesses described a fireball that appeared to drip flames without being consumed, visible for about twenty minutes.
Hornick · IA, USA
A bright orange-red fireball was reported crossing the sky over Hornick, in western Iowa, during the summer of 1965, visible for about half a minute.
Pulaski · VA, USA
Could'nt believe it !
West Los Angeles/Brentwood · CA, USA
In West Los Angeles/Brentwood, California on June 1, 1965, witnesses reported a slow-moving fireball traveling horizontally across the sky for about one minute.
St. Ansgar · IA, USA
winter nite wonder
East Hartford · CT, USA
A witness north of East Hartford, Connecticut reported a reddish-orange fireball falling from east to west across the northern sky, in a brief sighting lasting about 1.5 seconds, September 1964.
Samuel-/Bardstown · KY, USA
A witness near Bardstown, Kentucky reported a fireball that slowly descended to a fence row, rolled along the ground, and then rose back into the air, lasting about 15 minutes, August 1964.
St. Louis · MO, USA
A witness in south St. Louis County, Missouri reported a fireball moving from north to south in the sky, in a brief sighting lasting about 10 seconds in August 1964.
Fishersville · VA, USA
A huge fireball fell from the sky
El Cerrito (over Old Berkeley dump) · CA, USA
A witness near the old Berkeley dump in El Cerrito, California reported a fireball in the sky in January 1964, lasting about two minutes, with no air crashes reported that night.
Lewiston · ID, USA
In 1961, a witness in Lewiston, Idaho, reported a round light hovering low in the sky before speeding away to the northwest and disappearing, lasting about five seconds.
Austin · TX, USA
Flying orange ahead of Echo I in 1960.
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
In 1960, a witness near Cape Canaveral, Florida, reported a huge ball of light zooming down from the sky before disappearing, during a sighting that lasted about four hours.
Cherokee · NC, USA
meteor or fireball passage
Tehachapi · CA, USA
White fireball hitting ground.
Lake Bonita · NM, USA
It landed and lit up the mountian like day. there were some sort of peoplw with lights that where they put them it wasa like daylight.
Davis Jct. (on highway72 east to highway 51 north) · IL, USA
red light with A GLOW AROUND IT DRIVING TO WORK 10;20PM DRIVING EAST SAW THIS LIGHT MAKING TRIANGLE MOTION CONTINIOUS MOTION IT WENT N.
Thibodaux · LA, USA
Historical Sighting I have related this many times, but never committed it to writing until now. I was motivated to write this by the