Flash over Devils Lake, ND
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I had seen a light streak that had appeared to go from a stop to gone in a flash. It was not like any shooting star i have ever seen the object appeared to go up rather than down. The part that was so cool about it is that it left a blue tracer that stayed lit up for about 5 secs. It kind of reminded me of a light saber that was blue. I watch the sky every chance i get for years now and never had seen anything like it. I was alone however phoned my ex girlfriend and she answered you will not believe what i had just saw. Her and a friend of her saw the same thing that i did. Sorry no spell check.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #113496). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-09-09 → 2014-09-26
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