CaseFireball1978

Massachusetts/New Hampshire, NH, USA

Huge fireball tracking beside car on passenger side and no other clear memories with trip t aking too long - extreme fear. 500 Ligh

Report quality: Moderate45/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (131 characters)
  • Location geocoded approximately
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-01-27
Where
Massachusetts/New Hampshire, NH, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
Geo
40.556, -83.953 · fallback
Slug
fireball-over-massachusetts-new-hampshire-nh-1978-be0efc
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Massachusetts/New Hampshire, NH shows up 1 times across the archive.
  • 9 reports came from New Hampshire in 1978.
  • In the 1970s, 2.6% of reports described a fireball — the all-time rate is 6.9%.

Report

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