Sphere over New Auburn, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
My husband (sales Director), dad (retired police chief) and myself were outside after putting the kids to bed. Not positive on timing. Looking at the sky we were looking for satellites among the stars. Backs facing Long Lake (East), we were looking up facing West. The Big Dipper was behind us (we had to turn heads to view it). We all noticed this single bright light (brightest “light” in the sky) moving slowly, then stopped before changing directions then disappearing all together. The skies were clear, no clouds. We all saw it were all shocked! Eliminating planes and satellites, we assumed it was some sort of UFO. [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177075). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-07-18 → 2023-08-04