Triangle over Ottertail, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It looked like a large reflective object - moving southwest over Lake Otttertail - me and my sister saw it moving pretty fast across the night sky after the moon had set, so it was very dark with lots of stars - we couldn't tell how close to us it was - no lights at all on the object but we think we could see the edges - it was all rounded - there were no sharp edges - because it was reflective - My sister and I were up visiting our parents for their ((deleted--50-60th)) anniversary at their lake house on Ottertail Lake in Minnesota.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #143088). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-09-09 → 2018-09-26