Light over Kandiyohi, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I was driving at night and was just looking up at the clear night sky, observing all the stars. Off to my right side in my front windshield I noticed this bright orange light in the sky. I immediately thought it was just a really bright star. As I was driving, I kept observing it, note there were no other cars around me and I was out in the country. As I stared at it, it got brighter and brighter, it was a first orange. All the sudden as I’m watching it, it’s as if someone turned off a light. It just went out and never showed back up again. It lasted a good 10 minutes. I watched it for awhile. It moved slightly but mostly remained still in one place high in the sky. I’m no stranger to sightings.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #138370). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-01-09 → 2018-01-26