It was August 1968 near the end of the summer and my brother Andre 9 years old, our friend Ronnie 9 years old, and myself 8, were sitting at Cunningham Elementary school in Vineland, New Jersey.
My brother Andre and I were sitting on the bike rack and Ronnie was standing facing us, I don’t remember what we were talking about, suddenly Ronnie yells out “LOOK” pointing over the back part of the school’s lunchroom area. We all saw a giant ball of fire, it looked like a comet but it was too close, we could see flames licking off the whole thing and a smoke trail as it passed by, we lost sight of it as it passed the main part of the school.
We ran about 40 to 50 feet to East ave but didn’t see it anymore, that was at 6:30 … Read the rest
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