Appearance / Description of Object(s)

see above

Size of Object(s)

Maybe the size of a DC 3 plane .... A smaller plane....not like one of the big ones.... Maybe 40 ft. long....by 12 ft. tall....

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

I would say 500 ft. in the air.....and about 1 mile away....

Description of Area / Surroundings

Brookings is a smaller, community, with a University.....A rural community. As is South Dakota....a smaller population....

Full Description & Details

When I looked up.....I really thought I was seeing an airplane "on fire".... a bright orange-red glow like a fire. I drove West keeping the object in my sight much of the time. When I got to the West edge of town....I stopped and watched the object....almost hover....then turn on it's side....thus a saucer shape.....then becoming almost circular....and just seemed to "slide" out of sight. The object was going West....then almost hovered...then , from a "cigar shape".or.."fuslage shape" to an oval then a circle....and as I say....from a Westerly direction to Southerly direction....and just seemed to slide out of site.

I was stopped in my car....a guy in a Pickup was next to me, as we had pulled into a parking lot of a business..... I walked over to his pickup....we both said.... "we couldn't believe what we saw..".

I never got his name....I wish we'd have exchanged more information.

But, this happend so fast, so unexpectdly,... that one doesn't have time to think.

I have mentioned this incident "on the air" various times....always with some repercussions wondering if I had been "on the Martini's ? "

I guess the most vivid thing I remember....when I first saw it....I really thought it was an airplane on fire..... I heard no sounds....but, as I say, it all happens sooooo fast....

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Man made

Witness Background

I'm a radio announcer /salesman

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I would believe this to be a UFO.

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