As reported

Fireball over Isanti, MN

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The report, as filed

Saw a fireball up close with my wife and 4 year old son.

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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June 12, 2023 · 11:04 PM · TRIANGLE

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I was taking my dog for his nightly walk when I saw a plane. The plane still had its landing lights on, and looked kind of cool in the night sky. While watching it I saw what I originally thought was stars in a perfect triangle formation. The plane was starting to go behind some trees so I turned my attention back to what I thought was stars. As I was watching I noticed that they were actually moving in a northern direction. The most northern one then seemed to speed up and split from the other two. It quickly disappeared. As I focused on the other two, the one towards the east shot off in that direction, and the final one appeared to fade out. They appeared to be much higher than the plane, and spread out a great distance. While it's likely just a strange coincidence, I had turned off my headlamp to watch the plane. After the plane and objects left I went to turn my headlamp back on and the batteries were dead.

March 19, 2019 · 10:25 PM · OTHER

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My wife and I had just laid down for the night. I was watching the sky out our window when I saw a very bright white light with a red light on the bottom streak across the sky. I would say it was almost ball shape, however it had a streak of light both in front and behind it. It was a cloudy night, and this was below the cloud level. I would say that this passed over about two miles Southwest of Isanti, MN, and was headed in a Northwest direction. We have a double window and I could clearly see it pass through the first, however halfway through the second it disappeared. I am experienced with different types of aircraft, and drones, and this was neither. We do have the occasional aircraft fly over, and can hear them, this did not make a noise. I found this site while attempting to find other reports or sightings of this. It was a little upsetting that my wife had already closed her eyes and could not confirm what I saw.

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