Cylinder over Mankato, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Standing outside with my dogs at 9pm, partly cloudy. I look east and see a shiny formation which I slowly make out as it started to move north and northeast away from me disappearing into clouds. It moved effortlessly smooth, like nothing Ive ever seen. It was completely quiet, seemed 2 football fields away, so it felt close but also felt far away because the size was very hard to distinguish. It looked as if it could have had lights but not on, it was shiny like the natural moon light reflecting off to make it gray. Was only in sight for a minute or 2, moving the whole time.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #149093). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-18 → 2019-10-05