NUFORC Sighting 59751

Occurred: 2007-07-19 13:00 Local
Reported: 2007-11-11 02:54 Pacific
Duration: 30 Seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Detroit Lakes, MN, USA

Shape: Triangle
Characteristics: Lights on object

A black triangular craft with white lights at the vertices flew across the Northern Minnesota sky headead southwest.

I was sitting in my camp chair in an area northeast of the city of Detroit Lakes. I was in an isolated area with very little light pollution. The night was very clear and I could see every star in the big dipper constellation, a testament to the clarity of the skies. I was looking Northward when from the right side of my vision (The East), a black, triangular craft with one bright white light, about magnitude 2.0, at each one of the three vertices of the triangle. The craft flew westward with a slight southern turn, it was completely silent throughout the duration of the flight. I observed it fly across the entire sky, from my point of view the object seemed to be two hundred feet long at least. I have taken several astronomy classes and have a background in the physical sciences. I am very skeptical by nature, I am however, unable to explain this event.

Posted 2007-11-28