Unknown over Hastings, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Strange flash of light that turned the sky blue
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 2012-09-18 → 2012-10-05
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September 17, 2019 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
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My wife and I noticed what we thought was a star. It then started moving up and down, side to side and at 90 degree angles. I have never seen anything like this before. I recorded video of the object. My wife took my phone, just to make sure that it wasn't me shaking or moving the phone. We observed the object for about 45 minutes. It would move higher and lower in the sky, but keep moving at impossible angles. We witnessed the object in the western sky around 270 degrees and it was 15 to 20 degrees from the horizon.
July 4, 2018 · 9:40 PM · SPHERE
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