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“fireball”

Stories84 · page 5

The USS Supply "Remarkable Meteors"

February 28, 1904 · Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles WSW of San Francisco (36°20′ N, 127°36′ W)

International waters

UAP · Formation · 16 sources

22Thinly documented

Coggia's Slow-Moving Red Fireball over Marseille Observatory

August 1, 1871 · Observatoire de Marseille, Longchamp plateau, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône

France

UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources

21Thinly documented

The Robozero Wonder: a fireball over a Russian lake

August 15, 1663 · Lake Robozero, Robozero volost, Beloozero uezd (today Belozersky District, Vologda Oblast)

Russia

UAP · Sphere · 29 sources

19Thinly documented

The Flaming Torch over St Albans (1239)

July 24, 1239 · St Albans Abbey, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

United Kingdom

UAP · Other · 10 sources

11Thinly documented

Names12

Brian Dunning Person · 54 stories
Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid, turns up again and again in these archives, usually once the witnesses have spoken.
Skeptoid Programme · 47 stories
Brian Dunning's Skeptoid often gives the sceptical reading in this archive.
Charles Fort Person · 25 stories
A collector of strange reports, Charles Fort carried many early cases into UFO literature.
The Book of the Damned Term · 6 stories
1919.
Holloman AFB Place · 5 stories
An air base in New Mexico, and a launch point for things that later filled the sky.
Lake Erie Place · 5 stories
Lake Erie runs through this archive as a shoreline of strange things.
Burlington Place · 4 stories
Two towns share this name in the archive.
Daily News Organisation · 4 stories
Several newspapers carry this name, and the archive meets them in different cities and centuries.
INTCAT Programme · 4 stories
Peter Rogerson compiled it.
Gendarmerie Organisation · 3 stories
Again and again, the first call went to the gendarmerie.
Kirtland Air Force Base Place · 3 stories
An air base at Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kirtland Air Force Base turns up again and again in the archive's New Mexico cases.
Los Alamos Place · 3 stories
An atomic installation in New Mexico, and a recurring point on the map of the early sightings.

Documents116 · see all

Project Blue Book file, 9 December 1965 fireball Document

U.S. Air Force (hosted by The Black Vault)· 37 pages· 8 pages mention it
- p. 18 # Great Lakes Fireball The train of the December 9th fireball, approximately 45 seconds after it was first sighted by Richard…
- p. 20 …Although these cities were nearer the end of the fireball's trajectory, very few people had noticed the phenomenon, probably…
Declassified Canadian UFO Documents, search for Michalak FOIA release

Internet Archive· 300 pages· 75 pages mention it
- p. 9 …JOHN H OITE N65/030 OBSERVER 139 LAVAL , HULL ADDRESS LOCATION OF OBSERVER WHEN FIREBALL HUNNING NEW MANIWAKI MOVING LNW…
- p. 42 …2 A fireball is a bright meteor with a luminosity which equals or exceeds that of the brightest planets. It…
65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 271 pages· 13 pages mention it
- p. 27 …These differences were the following: (1) The horizontal nature of the paths of most of the December fireballs is most…
- p. 28 …On the contrary in the case of the green fireballs, plots of admissible approach sectors show that there is a…
8,000 pages of Declassified Canadian UFO Documents Document

Internet Archive· 2015-12-10· 300 pages· 75 pages mention it
- p. 9 …JOHN H OITE N65/030 OBSERVER 139 LAVAL, HULL ADDRESS LOCATION OF OBSERVER WHEN FIREBALL HUNNING NEW MANIWAKI MOVING LNW…
- p. 42 …2 A fireball is a bright meteor with a luminosity which equals or exceeds that of the brightest planets. It…
PRC: Scientists Identify Xinjiang UFO as Plasma Fireball FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1988-03-03· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL OW202334 BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0548 GMT 20 APR 88 ((TEXT)) BEIJING, APRIL…
- p. 2 …FREQUENCY DISCHARGE PLASMA APPEARING IN THE FORM OF A FIREBALL. THE GREEN RING OF LIGHT WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF…
Prc:scientists Identify Xinjlang UFO as Plasma Fireball FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1988-04-20· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY XINJIANG UFO AS PLASMA FIREBALL OW202334 BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 0548 GM~20 APR 88 ((TEXT)) BEIJING, APRIL…
- p. 2 …FREQUENCY DISCHARGE PLASMA APPEARING IN THE FORM OF A FIREBALL. THE GREEN RING OF LIGHT WAS PROBABLY THE RESULT OF…