Sphere over Brandon, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
2 yellow orbs move silently stop and move off and vanish
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 2012-07-06 → 2012-07-23
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February 27, 2023 · 7:45 PM · CROSS
Brandon, SD
We noticed two lights in the western sky from Brandon, so these may have been over the northern part of Sioux Falls. The two lights appeared to be coming from the bottom of two craft that looked to the naked eye like they were boomerang shaped, but zooming in on the camera image, the shapes appear to be more like crosses - very thick (height-wise) crosses that would be several times taller than one would expect a plane to be. We checked back on them several times over the course of about half an hour and they were not moving. I stepped outside to see if I could hear rotors, but could not. The last time we checked on them, they appeared further away, but were in the same position in the sky and relative to each other. Jupiter and Venus
October 16, 2019 · 6:30 AM · FIREBALL
Brandon, SD
Looking to the north from my job, 630 AM, sky is still black I’m just south of I90 in Brandon, SD. A huge meteor shot across the sky going towards the north, it came pretty low and it was bright enough to illuminate my car in the parking lot of my job. Exploded or just burned up, and was very bright and orange and green. I don’t know if anyone else had seen it. The tail was very long until it disappeared.
May 14, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Brandon, SD
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
May 14, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Brandon, SD
My son was unimpressed, and my wife didn’t care for anything potentially out of the norm. I went back in and I grabbed my binoculars to see it better but it only made the light slightly bigger and shakier. I went back to the swing set with only one link attached so far, reaching to attach the second link I looked up noticed a second reflective object floating in the sky about 40 degrees NW and a little higher where I normally would not se! e anything. It was twice as bright as the first one. I brought the wife and kids out to see this one too. The wife went to bed and the boys back to their Xbox's as I watched both of these stationary reflective objects as they dimmed away and turned from bright white to red then dark red. Later, as the bats and stars came out at 9:15pm, they faded to nothing. I returned to the backyard the next day earlier this time and to observe the skies to find nothing. Skies were as usual. Analysis: I observed these two objects from 8pm to 9:20pm in Brandon, SD on 05/14/19. The first object was noticeable at about 8pm and about as bright as 2X Venus NW 40 Degrees. At circa 8:15 the second object came into view and was about 3X as bright as Venus and NW70 Degrees and higher of the horizon. The moon was about half and rising at about 135 Degrees. I called my Dad in northern ND and he could see the moon but not the reflective objects. The objects didn’t move that I could tell and didn’t blink. They were bright and faded red as the sun set. I have lived in this house for 8 years and this was certainly a new experience. I have the planets app on my phone and during this time there were no planets in the area. I consider myself above average for astronomical activity and can usually point out planets and constellations. Right now, I don’t know what this was. After searching the internet, I have only three guesses. 1. This was some sort of government stationary (90 Min+) Satellite in the north. Although, a quick internet search says that those are above the equator. 2. It was maybe Jesus and Joseph Smith both just checking on us? Hard to say. 3. It could also just be a glitch. I don’t know. If anyone with more Astronomical experience could tell me what I saw I would like to hear back. SE South Dakota. We should be able to upload pics. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
January 18, 2017 · 8:28 PM · OTHER
Brandon, SD
Object has been staying in one spot over extended period multiple colored lights, does not appear to be a star, plane, or helicopter. Has been viewed by several people through binoculars. Probable sighting of the star, Sirius. PD
August 1, 2010 · 12:05 AM · FIREBALL
Brandon, SD
About 7-9 orange objects appeared in the sky to the East, moving Northeast; each faded out after about seven minutes.