Fireball over Oronoco, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This fireball looking object was moving in a sporadic pattern from vertical to zig zag formation's hiding behind clouds as much as possible. when the 2nd plane passed by this fireball object froze in the sky as it passed by the fireball object started moving in the same pattern's as it was, almost as if it didn't want to be seen moving in the sky as the plane passed by. Now at 8:30pm this fireball looking object is sitting still in the night sky in the S to SW position. after this we grabbed more family member's to come outside and look at what we saw. still looking at it in our telescope as the night goes on. still no movement.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161356). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-12-25 → 2021-01-11
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