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South Bend, IN

Sighted on Friday 15. April 2016
Reported on
Shape: Fireball | Duration:
Source:

A SHOOTING BALL OF FIRE DOWNTOWN SOUTH BEND ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 11:30PM.MY BOYFRIEND AND I WHERE LEAVING A FRIENDS HOUSE OVER BY MAIN ST. DOWNTOWN SOUTH BEND WHEN RIGHT WHEN WE PULLED OFF WE SEEN A BIG BALL OF FIRE GO BY SO FAST THAT BEFORE WE KNEW IT, IT WAS GONE, BUT SEEM SO CLOSE. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT A SHOOTING STAR, BUT IT SEEM TO CLOSE LIKE THE BALL OF FIRE COULD HAVE REACHED THE GROUND.

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