As reported

Formation over Austin, MN

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

20+ red to orange lights (formation) seen in southern Minnesota sky. Three witnesses,

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 2011-12-14 → 2011-12-31

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August 12, 2021 · 4:30 AM · LIGHT

Austin, MN

I woke early in the morning to go for my casual run. While stretching and looking to the sky I had noticed a bright oval shaped light sitting in the sky. At first I didn’t think anything of it until I started to notice there were no other flashing lights on the object and it did not appear to be moving. I took my iPhone 11pro out of my pocket and began to record the object and began to zoom into it. The object had to have been at least 5-10 miles away from me. The closer my camera got I noticed that there was light moving around this object and there is a noticeable circle inside of it. I have it all captured on film. Amongst one of the videos I was taking the object disappeared from the sky as some sort of other object shot past it leaving a trail of light of purple and blue. When the object had passed the oval shaped light had reappeared in the same spot.

October 11, 2003 · 12:20 AM · CIRCLE