Light over Winnebago, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A small green light moving west to east in the southern sky. The green light had a white trail 10 times the length of the greean ball of light. It covered my complete field of view in 4 seconds nearly perfectly horizontal in its trajectory. Size was very dificult to determine. My best guess would be it was 10 miles south of Winnebago and at roughly 3,000 ft. I have seen meteors and this was distinctly a green light about the size of a M&M in the sky. Given its small size if it had been a manned craft it would have been traveling at a speed I have never wittnessed. I have also seen fighter jets from 1 to 10 miles away and this was faster than any jet. I have never seen something like this before and was startled enough to find somewhere to report it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142162). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-07-05 → 2018-07-22
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