Light over Sisseton, SD

The report, as filed

On the above date and time I was outside burning trash. I got inside my car and started it to warm up as it was cold outside. I live in the country about 4 miles from town. I stepped outside my car to smoke. I looked up and noticed at least 30 lights about the brightness of a a satellite all moving in a straight line heading in a northeast direction, more east than north. Each light was single equal distance apart from each other about 6 inches long at arms length moving single file in a straight line. I thought I was looking at something burning up in our atmosphere but each light was a single point of light with no trail behind it. Then each light got bright like an iridium flare then went back to normal. Each light was a single point of light. They each got bright for a few seconds dimmed and kept moving in a straight line. After observing for about 15 seconds they all went dim with the last light lighting up bright like an iridium flare and all of them going dark. My neighbors cows all started mooing loudly during this event. Night sky was clear, cold, no wind. Satellites. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #146283). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.