We may not be near Roswell, New Mexico, but South Dakota has some strange encounters in the night sky. Here are 6 from this year. UFOs? You be the judge.
I would argue most UFO sightings are nothing more than space junk or aircraft we don't immediately understand. However, there was a UFO encounter in Wyoming this year that defies that explanation. A witness saw a bright object that suddenly shot straight up into the sky.
Even if you skeptical about unidentified flying object sightings, looking at the backlog of local reports is quite interesting. Look at these last 5 reports in SD: