Flash over Brainerd, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
In Brainerd, Minnesota, at about 9pm, we were enjoying a bright night sky with satellites ,airplanes and a few meteors. In the north east we saw a bright blue white flash then darkness then another flash, darkness then another flash. Three flashes in a westerly direction then a fourth flash east of the first flash then a fifth flash under the fourth. No sound with the flashes. I was a visitor and new to the area and my friend lives there in a cabin there at South Long Lake. We both were puzzled at what would do this.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #119228). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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