Fireball over Zimmermann, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
There was a massive line of straight light looking like fire balls but in a perfect formation with blinking lights all around it. It hovered in one spot shooting across the sky disappearing into a bright star. Very vivid, obvious UFO. Extremely freaky...
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #162949). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2021-05-01 → 2021-05-18