CaseFireball2019

Crumpton, MD, USA

Had a block shape, like a barn.Maybe 20 miles away? Fell rather slowly, Not like a meteor. I'm certain it hit the ground. It was hu

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 30s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2019-01-09
Where
Crumpton, MD, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
30 seconds
Geo
39.242, -75.922 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-crumpton-md-2019-fa9326
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave2004

    The Navy Encounters & the UAP Era

    U.S. training ranges (Pacific off San Diego; Atlantic off Virginia), then worldwide reporting

    The wave that renamed the subject. The USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter (November 2004: radar drops from 80,000 ft to sea level in seconds, pilot visual by Cmdr. David Fravor, FLIR video) stayed classified-adjacent until…

In context

  • Crumpton, MD has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2019 brought 70 reports from Maryland.
  • The 2010s skewed 9.3% fireball reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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