Sphere over Princeton, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
First sighted at low angle in the west and it traveled high overhead and was last seen in the N.E. horizon. Total duration was only 30 seconds and likely less. It was bright like Venus and steady in intensity. It didn't deviate course and the speed was steady. Blazing fast. It seemed to reflect light like the ISS, but brighter. It was silent and appeared to be in space not in atmosphere and there was no shedding of debris or comet tail.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158726). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-08-12 → 2020-08-29
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