8/11/2018: Minnetonka, MN, USA

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Occurred : 8/11/2018 07:00 (Entered as : 8/11/2018 07:00) Reported: 8/12/2018 9:26:21 AM 09:26 Posted: 8/17/2018 Location: Minnetonka, MN Shape: Circle Duration: 1-2 minutes
Bright orange ball of light on the Eastern horizon that moved unnaturally 8/11/2018 7 a.m. I was driving east on Cedar Lake Road between Cty. Rd. 73 and Hwy. 169. The Sun was this gorgeous orange ball low on the horizon. Then it started to move. I realized at that point that the sky was heavily overcast; there were thousands of feet of clouds between me and the real Sun. Whatever this thing was it was lower than the clouds. I can't say how big it was; large enough for me to mistake it for the Sun for a moment. It didn't move aerodynamically; it bounced around on the south side of the road before crossing over and quickly descending behind the trees on the north side. It was in view for 1-2 minutes. It didn't change size, shape, or color. It was featureless; just a perfect circle of bright orange. I checked the local papers and the Internet, but haven't seen any reports from anyone who might have seen it. I have no idea what it was. It didn't have the ephemeral feeling of reflected light; it seemed very solid. It did nothing that frightened me; it just wasn't supposed to be there.

National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report

Occurred : 8/11/2018 07:00 (Entered as : 8/11/2018 07:00)
Reported: 8/12/2018 9:26:21 AM 09:26
Posted: 8/17/2018
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration: 1-2 minutes

Bright orange ball of light on the Eastern horizon that moved unnaturally

8/11/2018 7 a.m.

I was driving east on Cedar Lake Road between Cty. Rd. 73 and Hwy. 169. The Sun was this gorgeous orange ball low on the horizon.

Then it started to move.

I realized at that point that the sky was heavily overcast; there were thousands of feet of clouds between me and the real Sun. Whatever this thing was it was lower than the clouds.

I can't say how big it was; large enough for me to mistake it for the Sun for a moment. It didn't move aerodynamically; it bounced around on the south side of the road before crossing over and quickly descending behind the trees on the north side. It was in view for 1-2 minutes.

It didn't change size, shape, or color. It was featureless; just a perfect circle of bright orange. I checked the local papers and the Internet, but haven't seen any reports from anyone who might have seen it.

I have no idea what it was. It didn't have the ephemeral feeling of reflected light; it seemed very solid. It did nothing that frightened me; it just wasn't supposed to be there.