Disk over Brookings, SD
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
4 red disk like shapes some veering in sizes appeared getting bigger and bigger than soon after disappearing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #167154). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2022-03-12 → 2022-03-29
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March 2, 2022 · 5:50 AM · LIGHT
Brookings, SD
I was sitting in my car waiting for the grocery store to open early in the morning. It was still dark out though. I then noticed a ball of light moving away from me through my front window. It was about half the diameter of the moon and appeared to be between 200 and 500ft above ground. It was also extremely bright. It accelerated directly into the distance, it appeared to cover several miles in a fraction of a second before dissappearing. It moved in a straight line and seemed to be accelerating. I had visual for only a few seconds.
July 27, 2020 · 11:30 AM · CIRCLE
Brookings, SD
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January 19, 2020 · 6:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Brookings, SD
Object over Interstate 29 south of Brookings, SD. I was driving southbound on I-29 about 10 miles south of Brookings at 1830 when I noticed stationary lights over and slightly to the right of my lane, approximately ¼ mile in front of me. As I approached them, I leaned and looked up at them out the top of the windshield, and I could see the silhouette of the object against the sky. Appeared to be a triangle, with green, red and white navigation lights at each point of the triangle, and I'm guessing 10 to 15 feet across, and an elevation of ~300 feet. No noise could be heard over the engine noise of my truck. Temperature was –5F. I could relate this to a large drone, but awfully weird to see someone flying one for the fun of it in subzero temps at twilight. I do have a short video of the object, albeit not very good.
April 8, 2019 · 12:15 AM · TRIANGLE
Brookings, SD
Saw an object approach from the southeast and bank/turn to the north. Object contained 7-9 lights on the bottom with 3 marking the 'nose' of the craft and the remainder forming a line on either side towards the rear apexes. Object appeared to be a few hundred feet off the ground and was moving at a medium pace. No beacons were visible on the craft and no sounds were observed. Observation occurred around 0:15 on a clear and quiet night. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 23, 2016 · 7:00 PM · SPHERE
Brookings, SD
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 26, 2016 · 1:10 AM · DIAMOND
Brookings, SD
This unidentified flying object had the exact appearance as a star. That is, until it began to move. I wasn't startled, as I've seen strange UFO-like objects in the sky many times in this town before. As a night-owl, I've become quite accustomed to seeing them. The "star" started slowly moving and then stopped. Short red and blue lights, "beams" if you will, shot out of the bottom of the "star." After about 10 minutes or so, it disappeared.