Unknown over Pepin, WI
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I noticed this red light N about a 1/4 mile distance then just above the tree line. Then these white dots started appearing dim then grew brighter in a triangle. I got my phone, started shooting video, but it only took a picture. The next 5 minutes was nothing less than phenomenal with nothing being short of spectacular with the naked eye while what I thought I was capturing taking a video of it all. The triangle pinpoints were then connected by beams at the same time in synchrocy. Then another bar shaped light from the lower left side to the center grew brighter and brighter dividing itself in sections on both sides from the middle as if imaging the fields below facing in a southern direction for a few minutes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #160069). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-10-09 → 2020-10-26
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