As reported

Light over New Brighton, MN

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

What looked like satellites but 20+ in a row perfectly spaced out with the exception of a few that had varying speeds. Lasted about 10 minutes.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #155493). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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July 17, 2023 · 10:10 PM · SPHERE

New Brighton, MN

I was smoking a cigarette and watching the sky, a very bright orb appeared at what I would guess was between 5000-10000 ft and shot toward the ground almost at 90 degrees and disappeared before it would've passed behind a short building in front of me. It was extremely fast, no tail like a meteor, no change in brightness or sound. The best way to describe the orb was just like the intensity of a headlight on a car straight ahead of someone, but it shines in all directions. Lasted about .5-1 second. I am a nerd who plane watches, sky watches, and am very mechanically inclined and have good reasoning abilities. This was very straightforward in terms of what I saw, but I can't explain what it was, it was like nothing I have ever seen. About 30 minutes there was a LADD FAA plane on adsb exchange doing a low circle in the area I observed the orb.

June 5, 2019 · 11:40 PM · CIRCLE