Sphere over Alcester, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband and I noticed a beam on front window. He looked out to see if there was a car outside. There was no vehicle. He noticed lights to the east in the shelter belt. He noticed 8 lights on top and 10 little lights on the bottom. The object was a sphere.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132599). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-02-10 → 2017-02-27
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