Sphere over Sartell, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Looked in the sky and noticed an object in the sky at a very high altitude heading North and it looked on fire. As if it were coming into the atmosphere. The object slowly turned East and seemed to hoover for around 10 minutes (video included) . The slowly a continued east, but not with the horizon but continued gaining altitude until out of sight.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175913). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-05-18 → 2023-06-04
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