Fire Signs
October 22, 2015Insider
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Fire Signs

A burst of reports from Milwaukee were sent to the National UFO Reporting Center one night this summer.

BY Matt Hrodey

Some saw them as streaking, zig-zagging balls of light. “It’s a coming invasion!” said one man as his friend filmed the falling lights. Despite a burst of reports to the National UFO Reporting Center, the July 25 visitation turned out to be a jump by the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team, performing for the Air and Water Show.

‘Fire Signs’ appears in the October 2015 issue of Milwaukee Magazine.

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Matt Hrodey
Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.

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