Cigar over Battle Lake, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was on a highway close to town where I saw a cigar shaped silver object which had no wings and no lights. It was about 800 feet up where a small plane would fly. It was flying at a steady speed and just kept on going off into the distance. I had seen a similar object in this same area about 5 years ago.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126135). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-02-27 → 2016-03-15