Changing over Minden, NV
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A strange orange light big enough to be enough to be plane moved across the sky but soon stopped and soon phased out
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2008-12-23 → 2009-01-09
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May 5, 2021 · 4:40 AM · LIGHT
Minden, NV
I went outside to watch for meteors at approximately 4:40 am. As I looked straight up I observed a train of starlight objects travelling in a straight line coming from the northwest and heading southeast directly towards the moon. Some were closer together than others but all were in a straight line and moving very fast across the sky. I went inside to grab my phone in time to try to photograph them. I counted the last 20 of them as they disappeared into the moonlight, but there was at least that many more before I ran back into the house to get my phone. I've never seen anything like that before.
August 7, 2020 · 3:00 AM · RECTANGLE
Minden, NV
Stepped outside for a smoke .looked to the northeast and noticed a strange rectangular bright yellowish light slowly moving east .No noise at all . Slowly moving almost a standstill .. Then disappeared behind the hot springs mountain . Very strange
July 27, 2016 · 9:35 PM · FIREBALL
Minden, NV
At approximately 2100 hours, after an extremely hot day, my friend and I were outside enjoying the cooler night air when he shouted, "Look, look" while pointing toward the south-east sky. We watched a whitish-yellow colored, fireball break up into two pieces for approximately 1 full minute. Before the object flew behind the mountains, we observed it break up into several pieces. I have witnessed Perseid fireballs in the past. This object moved much slower. I believe it may have been a large piece of space junk. I also contacted DCSO on the non-emergency line and was informed that they had taken several reports of the object. ((name deleted))
April 2, 2015 · 8:30 AM · LIGHT
Minden, NV
A light moving from south to north at a very rapid pace. Stopped about my 12 o'clock blew up into a bright ball (about 3 seconds) and then continued north. Amazing. I still have the chills. I have been a UFO researcher for my entire life… My first sighting. WOW!!!
September 10, 2002 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Minden, NV
Midnight Shadow On The Patio With No Visible Reason Why.
September 15, 1983 · 5:00 AM · SPHERE
Minden, NV
driving up mountian road,observed 3 large round balls hanging in mid-air