CaseFireball1978
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball of fire streaks eastward over Phila., lands in Atlantic Ocean one mile from Resorts Intl.. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))
- When
- 1978-05-29
- Where
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Shape
- Fireball
- Duration
- 15 seconds
- Geo
- 39.952, -75.164 · exact
- Slug
- fireball-over-philadelphia-pa-1978-409e08
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Part of a wave
Colares & Operação Prato
Ilha de Colares and the Baixo Amazonas, Pará, Brazil
The most physically aggressive wave on record. Luminous objects — locals called them 'chupa-chupa' (sucker-sucker) — descended nightly over fishing villages, projecting beams that left burns, puncture marks, anemia and…
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