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As reported

Unknown over Hot springs, SD

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

The report, as filed

I was watching the meteorite shower on 12/13/2020, I saw a pale white cotton ball like light moving nw to sw. a second later I saw a black oval inside a Doppler light effect. It got bigger and bigger as it came closer. Lasted about 5 seconds. When it stopped in a blink of an eye there was a green glowing object like a glow stick, of 3 bow shapes the front bow was around 300 feet wide. The other 2 bows faced backwards from the 1st. About 50 feet between the front and rear bow shapes. Connecting all 3 shapes was a pale green glow, like a fluid like membrane that you could see the stars through. As it flew over the house, about 300-500 feet high, the green light went out and a metal surface lit up by the lights in town appeared. Moving only a few miles an hour. No lights on it or windows. Then disappeared from view. Lasted 50 seconds in all. Never made a sound.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161480). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-10 → 2020-12-27