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Jan., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 1/5/2001 18:50 (Entered as : 01/05/01 18:50)
Reported : 1/29/2001 18:04
Posted : 2/18/2001
Location : Cotton, MN
Shape : Unknown
A stationary red light accerated incredibly fast and changed to orange color and
traveled away at a high rate of speed
My wife and I were driving North on U.S.Highway 53 about one mile from Cotton,
MN, when we noticed an unfamiliar stationary red light near a radio communications
tower which is about one quarter mile from the highway. We slowed down and then
stopped along side the highway about one half mile after initally spotting the light to
get a better look. The light was a steady red color like the top light on the
communications tower except there were fainter secondary lights. The unknown
light was somewhat further from the highway and appeared to be about twice as big.
Upon stopping and watching for a few seconds the object accelerated incredibly fast
to the South at very high rate of speed changing from a steady red to a blinking
orange light with dimmer secondary lights of red and white. The object traveled a
distance of two or three miles in a matter of a few seconds and shortly after
disappeared from sight.
*****
Occurred : 1/5/2001 22:00 (Entered as : 1/5/01 22.00)
Reported : 1/9/2001 21:52
Posted : 2/18/2001
Location : St. Paul, MN
Shape : Light
small airplane like, light, all of a sudden turn hugh and then speed off like a shooting star.
It appeared to be an airplane.It looked like a star/ airplane lights- just the main ones,
not the collored lights. I saw it in the sky to my left going east on hwy110. It got really
bright as if it was coming my direction. All of a sudden it "blew up" to approximately
10-20 times the size. A second later it speed off to the right (going south) really fast.
It was really high in the sky, I think. It at first looked like a comet, but I would have heard
of it, they don't come that close to earth, and when it speed of it apeared to be a shooting
star. I think it had a greenish tint to it when it moved, not when it "exploded" though.
It all happened sort of fast, but I can not explain it. I have saw another ufo a year or so
ago, but I did not report it. But I would really like to know if any one else saw it/ what it is.
*****
Occurred : 1/8/2001 21:00 (Entered as : 01/08/01 2100)
Reported : 1/12/2001 04:06
Posted : 2/18/2001
Location : Crookston, MN
Shape : Other
At approx 2100 hrs. local I was southbound on US Highway 75 approx 8 miles north
of Crookston, MN. I was heading almost due south. I noticed a shooting star, but this
was not run of the mill, I drive truck on a 12 hour night shift 1700 - 0500 and see lots of
shooting stars and i usually check for active times (showers) on the internet.The one I
saw this night was different in all respects...size, brilliance, colors and proximity in the
sky. I had visual contact for 1.5 seconds or so. It was a brilliant white ball with a blue
and tuquoise type of halo around the core following back to the tail. The tail was
impressive. It was a bluish and turquoise color but what was unique, it had two tails
of smimilar thickness and length. It was at about 50 degrees above my visible horizon
and pased very quickly from east to west then faded like a regular run of the mill falling
star. It seemed to be closer to the earth with more of an arc in it's flight trajectory. Size
about a dime at arms lentgh. What really struck me was it's beauty as it passed. When
we got to our destination I asked the driver in the lead truck if he had seen it, He got a
bit enthusiastic about it and remarked on the brillinace and the many colors and stated
it was kinda pretty wans't it. The reason I decided to post this is i was listening to KOA
in Denver and callers were calling in reporting an almost identical event this date
some three days after my sighting. I do not blieve it was a UFO in the extraterrestrial
sense but a metrorite or deorbiting satellite. I won't forget this one soon.
*****
Sighting Date/Time: 01-20-01 ~6:40 am cst
Sighting Location: About 4-5mi north of Chatfield on US Hwy 52.
Sighting Description: While driving I noticed two lights, one
red, one green in the sky to the right (east) of the highway,
above a field. The lights glowed steadily but were not intense.
I slowed slightly and realized that the lights were not moving
(or moving very slowly) and that this was not an airplane or
helicopter. I'm not sure of the elevation of the lights, but
I would guess 500 to 1000 feet. The red light was south of the
green light and appeared to be separated by a distance of a
dime's width held at arm's length. I was listening to the car
radio but there was no interference. I thought of pulling to
the side of the road for a better look but there was moderate
traffic and felt it would be unsafe.
Conditions at the time: Clear, with the southeast sky just
beginning to get light. The Moon was low in the southern sky.
Temperature was about 10 degrees F.
***
Feb., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 2/10/2001 03:25 (Entered as : 02/10/01 3:25)
Reported : 2/19/2001 09:50
Posted : 2/24/2001
Location : Zimmerman, MN
Shape : Triangle
two triangular crafts emitting a blue-silver light that "danced" in the sky before
zooming eastward.
I had just been dropped off by a freind after going to perkins after a concert, and i
was hanging out outside because the moon was really bright and pretty. we have
chairs out by our detatched garage, and they face east. I sat out for a few minutes,
but decided to go in because of the cold MN temperatures. On my way back into the
house, i noticed a brightness coming from behind me. I thought it may have been
my neighbor's motion-activated floodlights, but when i turned around, the lights were
off. The neighbor to the east's horses were also riled up. i coudl hear them running
around and making noise. When i brought my eyes to the sky, i saw two triangular
shaped glowing objects. there was definately light coming from them, but not from
any specific source. It was more as if the craft itself emitted the glow. They zoomed
southward across the sky, encircling each other, then zoomed away further into
the east. They were not so much a color as they were a light. But if there is any
color they'd be, i'd say a silver, blueish color. i can't say for sure how big they were,
seeing as they were far away. Definately bigger than any car or bus, though, i'd say.
And maybe it was because i was so fixated on them, but for some reason, when i
saw them, the cold air seemed to dissappear.
*****
Occurred : 2/25/2001 01:16 (Entered as : 2-25-01 1:16 am)
Reported : 2/25/2001 00:20
Posted : 3/6/2001
Location : Plymouth, MN
Shape :
One beam of light that was bright white, covered the whole sky as far as the eye
could see, followed by another bright white flash
We did not see an actual craft. However, we saw a brief flash of bright white light that
covered the ENTIRE sky. It covered as far as the eye could see. Right after this, we
saw another bright white flash of light, with a blue streak in the middle of that. There were
just two flashes of light and we know it was not lightning because there was no sound
whatsoever after the flashes of light. The night that this was witnessed on was 2-25-01
in Plymouth, Minnesota. It happened at about 1 am. The weather was bad, with lots\
of snow coming down hard, and about 25 degrees.
***
March, 2001 Reports
MN MUFON Field Investigator Videotapes UFO in Laughlin, NV
by Casey Holt, MN MUFON FI (Caholt@juno.com)
The UFO sighting occured on March 5th, 2001 about 2:20PM
while at the UFO Congress in Laughlin, NV. There were
actually two objects seen but I primarily aimed my camera
at the bright white one since I found it easier to see than
the other one that was flashing. They appeared kind of
small in view but were still interesting and exciting.
The original tape was recorded on a HI 8 Canon video camera
model ES 2500. This model has a 22 X optical zoom but no
digital zoom and an optical image stabilizer to help reduce
camera shake effects. The normal shutter speed is 1/60 sec
which I used when first recoding the object before switching
to sport mode which is a faster shutter speed perhaps 1/500
sec. The sequence of events is more or less as follows:
4:33 (recording time) Daniel points up after first seeing
the object(s).
4:33 to 7:33 Trying to find the object(s) in the
video camera which was probably out
of focus somewhat when I pushed focus
lock.
7:33 I focused the camera on the building
again and pushed focus lock to keep
distant objects in focus for the rest
of the sighting time.
7:40 to 8:27 The bright white object is in view and
I am sitting on the edge of the pool
while filming so it was not real steady.
7:53 It looks like the 2nd flashing object
is visible for about 10 frames seen
coming from the top left side to the
bottom side after the 1st object goes
below the cameras view. The 2nd object
appears to be dimmer in between two
bighter areas and it appears stretched
out from motion blurring from the camera
motion.
8:38 to 9:48 I am filming object while laying on my
back on the cement next to the pool to
get more steady but my feet were still
in the pool.
8:50 I switched the camera to sport mode to
get a better image of the object using
a faster shutter speed probably about
1/500 sec. I was also using the highest
zoom setting of 22x by this time.
9:48 to 13:20 I am trying to get the objects in view
again unsuccessfully. Daniel and Michael
are still seeing the objects.
13:20 to 14:40 I gave the camera to Daniel who tries
to film objects but he can't get them to
show up in the camera.
14:40 to 16:10 Daniel gave me the camera back and I
tried to see the objects again with my
glasses on and in the camera but I didn't
notice it.
16:10 to 17:35 I am filming planes birds and other parts
of the sky.
17:35 to 26:00 I am filming Michael and Daniel who
describe the sighting in more detail.
26:00 to 26:40 I film the rising moon at max zoom to
compare the size of the moon with the size
of the object. On my TV the object was
about 1/4 in while the moon was 4 inches
meaning the object appeared about 1/16 as
wide as the moon.
26:40 to 27:20 Video shows the sky again.
27:20 to 28:15 Video shows the area on the way back
towards the hotel.
28:15 to 32:05 Video is from later that night showing
Laughlin casinos etc.
Hopefully this will give you an idea of the events around the
sighting time and the sighting itself. I also measured the
distance to the building if that would be helpful I could find
that the building is also 25 stories tall. To me it seems the
objects would have to be fairly small unless they were quite
high. My impression was that they were unusual and not like
anything I would recognize. I estimate the size was maybe
between 6 inches if at 1000 feet up to 11 feet if at 20,000
feet up or 22 feet if at 40,000 feet and so on. This is based
on being compared to the size of the moon in my video camera
at full zoom. The objects appeared about 1/16 as wide as the
moon. The bright white glow and steady very slow movement
gave me the feeling of some intelligent control. I remember
seeing the other object briefly at first and that it was
flashing before trying to get the camera focused on it. The
camera was probably a little too much out of focus to see the
objects at first.
Video analysis report:
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:54:45 -0400
Subject: From Chris Miller - Casey Holts Footage Analysis
Casey and Willi, and everyone in Our Skywatchers Group!!
I decided to go ahead and send this letter to all of you... Since we
all have something in common.
First, I was actually able to do some really good enhancements on
Casey's footage, with just a little bit there to work with. The good
thing was the footage that you caught, is actually very good resolution,
and it was in Focus. (Yes, I know this problem very well, you were
having, while trying to find the Object in your Viewfinder... Believe
me, I have missed Many other chances on getting more footage, if it
wasn't for the fact that these Objects are used to traveling at super
High Altitude, where if you take your eyes off the Object, you might
not see it again... A needle in a hay stack... I just wish you had a
better zoom lens on your camcorder at the time, haha...
I just spent the past 5 hrs going through your footage, with a fine
tooth comb... AND, I actually was able to get some great stills, and
super, super close ups of this one object at least... (You actually
have many different things going on within the footage also) in
certain areas, you can see other smaller objects wizzing by at high
speed. You cannot see this on an internet video file though... It
will be on the Video tape I will send you of your footage enhancments.
This is the Best image of the Object I could pull out. There is alot
of distortion within the entire sighting, because of the distance of
course. My Zooming enhancements are bringing out some kind of a
roundish shaped object.
I'm also attaching a Video file with this letter also. And, I will be
sending a few more for you to see, One email after the other... Hope
your server can handle this, haha... Let me know if you have any
trouble opening the video clips. These are all Just mpg1 clips. All
Windows operating systems can open this file.
Click here for MPG video of UFO
Great footage Casey. At first, I was very disappointed in the zooms
you tried to get on the Object, but After I worked with it, I found
the same Object as we are all getting on video.
I think we should inform Sightings about both of your sightings
together. Maybe having two new sightings come up, this will help give
all of our sightings / footage, more public attention.
Talk to you later. Let me know your thoughts on what I have done so
far. I think you will be very plased to see these images, haha...
Great job Casey - next time though, try to use your shutter control
on your camcorder, to darken the footage. This way you can see
through the viewfinder alot easier, thus, being able to be more
stable. The weird thing about all of us is this - once you get your
first sighting caught on video, there will certainly be more to come.
Talk soon,
Chris
***
Occurred : 3/5/2001 21:30 (Entered as : 03/05/01 9:30 pm)
Reported: 12/30/2001 10:16:15 AM 10:16
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Duluth, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:5 min
Aurora type of craft seen
This is a bit late in reporting, but two men told me about a siting, that I am relaying
to you.
March 5, 2001, Duluth, Minnesota. 9:30 to 10 p.m.
A large triangular craft, reported to be about 4 times the size of a stealth jet was seen
while two men were driving north on Hwy. 53, thru the northern suburb of Hermantown,
Minn., next to Duluth.
It was dark, but the color seemed to be a greyish, silvery color with a light on each
corner and one in the center. The two men were traveling in a car, watching it. It had
crossed the highway from the leftside, moving to the right. It was moving very slowly,
almost hanging over the highway for a while. One of the men thought that it should be
moving faster and be out of site when compared to commercial planes. It was fairly
low in the sky, a little higher than treetop level, he thought about a block high. They
pulled the car over to the side and stopped to listen. There was no sound coming from
it. It continued drifting slowly until it went past a bunch of trees and then it suddenly
either took off extremely fast or just disappeared. It was angling in the direction of the
Duluth Air Force Base which has been officially closed for quite some time. (Although
there is some activity, I think Air National Guard stuff happening there. There have
been some fighter jet activity around there, since the Sept. ll attack.) The craft was
triangluar shaped, except in the back it wasn't a straight line , like a true trianglar, but
was indented some.
***
Occurred : 3/15/2001 06:38 (Entered as : 03/15/01 06:38)
Reported: 3/15/2001 07:26
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Changing
Duration:2-3 minutes
Dark object seen in early morning sky , vanishes.
I was driving about 30 mph on a parkway on the very western edge of north
Minneapolis. I was driving south, the moon was still visible at about 45 degrees
above the horizon to the southwest and the sun had not yet come above the horizon
but it was light out. A few degrees below the moon I saw a cigar shape, nearly black
in color, with no lights. It seemed to be moving towards the west, it was hard to judge
because I was in a moving car. As I drove I lost sight of it several times because of
curves in the road, trees, and having to look at the road. In the first instance of
regaining sight of it, it seemed to have a more triangular shape but still no lights. It
was moving very slowly, if at all, and seemed very high in the sky. As I passed a tree
it vanished. I stopped for a minute or so, to try to find it again, I did not see it anywhere
in the sky. It had acctually vanished in a split second. There were no planes or
helicopters that I could see, either.
***
Occurred : 3/26/2001 04:40 (Entered as : 03/26/01 0440)
Reported : 4/5/2001 23:47
Posted : 4/28/2001
Location : Minneapolis, MN
Shape : Light
((NUFORC Note: All technical information that could be used to identify the airline,
the flight #, and ultimately the crew members has been deleted from the report. PD))
We were at FL330/33,000ft ((deleted)) bound ((deleted))-Chicago 3/26/01 @ 0440
Central Time. The sky was still black when we saw a white light, brighter than an
aircraft and about as bright as some of the night stars moving very fast from west
to east. It moved in a horizontal line and did not appear to be a meteor etc., which
I have seen bounce across the atmosphere as it moved across the horiz. It moved
much faster than we were going (575 kts) and was much higher than an aircraft
could fly. I was only visual on it for about 1 min. at the most and the Co-Pilot said
he saw it a bit before I noticed it. What brought my attention to it was another airline
pilot pointing it out to the Air Traffic control center and asking if they had any high
altitude fast movers? They said NO. I called and told the other airline pilot and
center that we aslo had the object in sight. That is it.
Addenda to original report:
((NUFORC Note: Our request for more information.))
((BEGIN MESSAGE #1)
Dear Capt. ((deleted)),
Thank you very much for the excellent report! Reports from commercial airliner
crews are more precious to us than 3 oz. gold nuggets lying in a stream bed...
What FAA facility was handling your flight at the time of the sighting, please? I
would like to request the audio from the FAA through a Freedom of Information
request, and it helps to be able to direct it to the appropriate Center. I suspect it
may have been Minneapolis Center, but confirmation of that would be helpful.
Also, can you share what your call sign was at the time? That helps the FAA
do the search, and go right to the radio communication with certainty that they
have the right audio cuts. We will not release the name of your company, of
course, in our written material. However, if we ever play the tape in a public forum,
since it is public record, we leave the call signs in the recording, unless requested
to delete them. Thank you again for sharing the information with our Center!
Cordially,
Peter Davenport
((END MESSAGE #1))
((NUFORC Note: Captain's responses.))
Director UFO Center
Thx for the reply to the suspected ufo sighting on 3/26/01. I will provide the call sign
but do REQUEST ITS DELETION IN ANY RECORDINGS PLAYED once aquired from
FAA. THX. We were in ((deleted)) Center Airspace and we were ((deleted))--ORD @
FL330 (I believe), ((company name deleted)) Flt# ((flt. # deleted. Glad to provide the
info as long as it is used appropriately.
Sincerely,
Capt. ((name deleted))
((END MESSAGE #2))
((BEGIN MESSAGE #3))
Dear Capt.((deleted)),
Thank you for the message. Unfortunately, since the FAA recycles their audio tapes
every 15 days, I suspect the data are now gone. I will check, however. I have ridden
that flight ((deleted))...on many occasions. ((Sentence deleted)) Thanks for your response.
Please share with fellow crew members that NUFORC exists. We cannot secure the
data if we don't know about it.
Thank you!
Cordially,
Peter Davenport
((END MESSAGE #3))
((BEGIN MESSAGE #4))
Hi Pete,
Sorry I'm late with the info, but there was not much said. The ((airline)) guys mentioned
the white lite, fast moving west to east and asked center. They replied that they had no
higher altitude traffic very fast moving. ((airline deleted)) did not say anything else and
we just replied that we too did see the same object. End of conversation--sorry. I'll
definitely pass on your Web so other pilots can forward any data also. Capt. ((name
and airline deleted))
((END MESSAGE #4))
((END ADDENDA))
***
Occurred : 3/28/2001 01:35 (Entered as : 03-28-01 01:35)
Reported : 4/15/2001 06:15
Posted : 8/5/2001
Location : Mahnomen, MN
Shape : Oval
150- 200 feet away from object !!
i'm writting this event for my friend as he told it word for word!! my friend is a long
haul truck driver who lives in canada and was trucking through minnesota on the
night the event took place. ((name deleted)) was trucking along hwy 59 south in
minnesota near the town of mohomen? he was not sure how to spell the name of
the town,( mohomen). it was about 01:35 to 01:45 when he observed a streak of
light going across the ground then up into the tree line.(looked like it was going to
crash into the trees.) then it hovered over the trees about 150 -200 feet away.
the object appeared to be observing him, ((name deleted)) rolled down his window
of his rig (truck) and stuck his head out, he was watching it and there was no
noise whatsoever.he was amazed of what he was seeing. he looked directly at
it when it just suddenly shot straight up into the sky.he was still watching it when
it just dissapeard instantly like turning off a light switch. the entire ordeal took
about a minute to a minute and a half. He discribed the object as follows........
a black smooth surface object about 35-50 feet in diameter, in the centre of the
object it looked like there was 4 to 6 feet of glass and it was light up with a
pulsating gold light.the very top of the object was a red light on a pole, the light
was 3 to 4 feet wide on the top of the pole.on the very bottom of the object it was
chrome in colour. I have been best friends with this man that has wittnessed this
sighting and i personally believe his story. he is a man in his late 50's and does
not drink or take drugs. ((NUFORC Note: Mahnomen, MN, is located in the White
Earth Indian Reservation, in Mahnomen County, midway between Grand Forks, ND,
Fargo, ND, and Bemidji, MN. I have visited Mahnomen on several occasions, and I
know the airport that the report alludes to. PD))
((NUFORC Note #2: We have spoken with the witness, and we found his description
of his sighting to be quite interesting. The witness sounds to be credible, and he
seems quite serious in his description of the alleged events He reported the alleged
sighting to a law enforcement organization approximately two weeks after the event,
and he photographed the site. We have spoken to the deputy sheriff, who confirms
his conversation with the witness. PD))
((ADDENDUM--TEXT OF WITNESS REPORT MAILED TO NUFORC))
"The night of March 28, 2001, at about 0ne forty five in the morning, I was southbound
on hwy. 59, south of Mahnomen, MN, and I observed a flying saucer come off the
ground and into the air. I couldn't believe what I was watching. It took about one, or one
and a half minutes to take off. It took off like turning a lite off and on.
The other amazing thing about this is I returned to this same area on April 10, 2001,
about 13 days later. I reported this encounter with the local sheriff's department. I got
permission from him to go out and take some photographs. I took about 12 to 14 snap
shots of the area. I was annoyed when none of the pictures turned out. Today is of
great concern about the area, as I think the area should be checked by professional
people to make sure (the) area is safe, as this is a large farm area. I wrote this on
April 24, 2001, at 1500 hrs., and I still have concerns about the area.
Yours Truly
Mr. (name deleted))
P. S.--I don't have a problem taking a lie detector test about this. I'm sending these
copies, as this is my own handwriting." ((NUFORC Note: Witness includes several
hand-drawn illustrations, showing the outline shape of the object. PD))
***
April, 2001 Reports
Occurred : 09:37 (Entered as : 4/1/2001 9:37)
Reported: 4/6/2001 13:57
Posted: 4/28/2001
Location: Pelican Rapids, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:less than 3 seconds
i looked up for no apparent reason, and i saw a flash in the sky, it made no sound,
it was a bluish color, like a flash of a camera. i have been unable to sleep for the last
5 days. please contact by email very scared.
((NUFORC Note: We will check to see whether the witness may have seen the
dramatic flash that can be caused by an Iridium satellite.
has that information. PD))
***
Occurred : 4/1/2001 21:00 (Entered as : 4/3/01 21:00)
Reported: 4/16/2001 15:40
Posted: 12/5/2001
Location: Stillwater, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:3-5 minutes
About two weeks ago my wife and I (living in Stillwater, MN) were driving to our new
apartment. In fact it was the first night we were to stay here. Anyway, driving east I
look out the passenger side window right beside me while my wife was driving and
looking forward. I glanced up slightly and saw a huge bright light flying only a
kilometer or so over the tree line. At first I thought it was a plane with its landing
lights on but there is no airport near by. At closer investigation I saw that the
brightest of the lights was in front of the craft and there were two more at the rear
making a triangle shape. There was a blinking light directly at the bottom. While it
was still a good distance from us I noticed a small light of some sort fall from
underneath this thing. As it came closer I thought about pointing it out to my wife.
Just as I thought of telling her I heard her ask "What is that?" We slowed down
and looked at it for several seconds as it lowered and finally became less illuminated.
I could see clearly the side of the craft. It had what looked like windows wrapped
around what I call the hull. Just when most of it was visible it lit up again very quickly
and disappeared with a bright flash of light. No sooner than we saw this my wife
started to almost scream when we saw two more directly in front of us. They all
looked identical to the first one. Again I saw a light (almost looked like a meteorite)
fall from the bottom of one of the other crafts. One all of a sudden appeared and
went straight down in the east. We were speechless. We finally talked about it when
we got to the apartment building only a mile from where we witnessed all of this. To
say the least this was the weirdest thing either of us have ever experienced.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates a date of 03AP01, but subsequent investigation
report suggests a date of 01AP01. We have amended the date here, until we receive
confirmation. Please see report for same date by Minnesota MUFON. PD))
***
Occurred : 4/3/2001 11:53 (Entered as : 4-3-01 11:53)
Reported : 4/3/2001 09:58
Posted : 4/28/2001
Location : Isanti, MN
Shape : Teardrop
we were just walking along the highway whean we saw 11 tear drop shapes hovering
above us it had a lot of light on the sides of them the light was a redish color.
((NUFORC Note: Because of the time of the report, we presume that the witness
implies a morning sighting. PD))
***
Occurred : 4/3/2001 21:00 (Entered as : 4/3/01 21:00)
Reported : 4/16/2001 15:40
Posted : 4/28/2001
Location : Stillwater, MN
Shape : Triangle
About two weeks ago my wife and I (living in Stillwater, MN) were driving to our new
apartment. In fact it was the first night we were to stay here. Anyway, driving east I
look out the passenger side window right beside me while my wife was driving and
looking forward. I glanced up slightly and saw a huge bright light flying only a kilometer
or so over the tree line. At first I thought it was a plane with its landing lights on but
there is no airport near by. At closer investigation I saw that the brightest of the lights
was in front of the craft and there were two more at the rear making a triangle shape.
There was a blinking light directly at the bottom. While it was still a good distance
from us I noticed a small light of some sort fall from underneath this thing. As it came
closer I thought about pointing it out to my wife. Just as I thought of telling her I heard
her ask "What is that?" We slowed down and looked at it for several seconds as it
lowered and finally became less illuminated. I could see clearly the side of the craft.
It had what looked like windows wrapped around what I call the hull. Just when most
of it was visible it lit up again very quickly and disappeared with a bright flash of light.
No sooner than we saw this my wife started to almost scream when we saw two more
directly in front of us. They all looked identical to the first one. Again I saw a light
(almost looked like a meteorite) fall from the bottom of one of the other crafts. One
all of a sudden appeared and went straight down in the east. We were speechless.
We finally talked about it when we got to the apartment building only a mile from
where we witnessed all of this. To say the least this was the weirdest thing either
of us have ever experienced.
***
Occurred : 4/4/2001 16:00 (Entered as : 4-4-01 1600)
Reported : 4/4/2001 22:03
Posted : 4/28/2001
Location : Eden Prairie, MN
Shape : Circle
2 red illuminated objects "zig zagging" in the day lit sky over a heavily populated
area, 3 minute sighting.
Im ((age deleted)) years old, a college graduate and ((public employee)), my husband
is a ((public servant)) and we live in Eden Prairie Minnesota. Today I was standing on
my deck talking long distance to my mother in Canada and observed 2 red craft,
circular in shape. They were, the best thing I can describe is dancing, like playing
with each other. Impossible for any type of aircraft I have ever seen performing these
manuevers. I watched them for approximately 3 minutes until they were out of my sight.
I observed them against the blue partly cloudy sky in broad daylight and am in a heavily
populated area, I would be sure that you must get other reports on this and would
appreciate confirmation. Thank you
***
Occurred : 4/25/2001 21:35 (Entered as : 04/25/01 21:35)
Reported: 4/25/2001 19:58
Posted: 4/28/2001
Location: Roseau, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:1 minute
It looked like dissapearing satellites.
I was on the deck letting my dog out for one last time this evening. To the south
east at the point of a bright star, there was one very bright object moving south to
north. I thought it was a satellite, but it disappeared after a 5 inch movement
across the sky and on a clear evening. A few seconds later the same or another
burst came on the same path and disapeared.
((NUFORC Note: The description is not inconsistent, we observe, with a tumbling
satellite, or rocket booster, but it should have continued to be visible as it moved
to the north, I.e. "toward" the sun, which would have been shining over the north-
northwest horizon at this time of night. PD))
***
Occurred : 4/29/2001 22:20 (Entered as : 04/29/01 22:20)
Reported: 4/29/2001 20:59
Posted: 8/5/2001
Location: Moorhead, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:5 Minutes
Two lights to become three, a rescue mission?
We first saw two red lights moving from northwest to southeast at varying
speeds. The lights seemed to be racing eachother, but in a hurry to get to a
destination. We watched them move quickly then pause then quickly again
and then they disappeared. Approximately 5 minutes later, we saw three lights
holding formation of a triangle, but clearly they were three seperate lights
moving with the same speed and manuverability as the two we saw beforehand.
We aren't sure that there were only three, but they seemed to be the same so
we assume there was one light (vessel) the other two needed to get...PURELY
SPECULATION... but that is what we saw...
***
MILLE LACS LAKE, MN
April 30 2001
SEE FILER'S FILES
http:/ufoinfo.com/filer/2001/ff_0128.shtml
***
May, 2001 Reports
MINNESOTA ORANGE BALLS OF LIGHT
MUFON State Director William McNeff reports they are
investigating strange orange balls of light seen on April
30 and May 4, 2001, at around 11:30 PM. The weather was
clear. No ceiling, visibility 10+ miles and very little
wind, and there were no thunderstorms or any storms during
that day. This definitely was not balling lighting. I've
been meaning to fly around that area during the day to see
if there is a good explanation for this. It is amazing
to see the same descriptions of color. I'll let you know
if I find anything on the flight: Orange Ball of Light seen
near Mille Lacs Lake about April 30, 2001. A friend of
mine had a close encounter, coming within perhaps 100 feet,
with a UFO in southern Minnesota in 1979. He writes, "Hi
Bill -- "I had another interesting event flying [a light
plane] from Thief River Falls to Minneapolis about two
months ago. It was about 11:30 at night. I was at 7500
feet MEL and there was a bright orange object about my 2:00
position near Mille Lacs Lake. It was higher than the
ground because it was lighting the area below the light.
It was a larger and brighter light than any of the
surrounding lights -- but it was still quite a bit lower
than I was. I was watching it for a few minutes (it was
stationary) and then the controller called and I had to
change frequencies and next thing I knew the light was
gone. A while later I was near the lake and now at my
3 o'clock position was the light again. I was about ready
to call the controller and ask if they had any traffic
lower and at my 3:00 and about then the light went out."
Editor's Note: The orange plasma glow around the craft
are frequently reported. White lights at a distance will
often appear yellow or orange.
Filer's Files #28, 2000, MUFON Skywatch Invest.
George A. Filer, majorstar@aol.com.
***
MINNESOTA UFO SIGHTING
AFTON -- John Osborn writes, "I was on the back deck with
a friend at 7:50 PM on May 18, 2001. The contrast of the
green leaves against the blue sky was quite beautiful."
I noticed an unusually bright star that was visible even
though the sun was still up. The light wasn't moving and
I was able to point it out to my friend. Observing with
the binoculars the light was too large to be a star. I
got my telescope and looked at the light almost directly
overhead and saw a round blue white object. It was whiter
around the edge and darker in the middle, giving the
impression of a translucent soap bubble. It did not appear
to move, but suddenly it flew very quickly out of the
scopes field of view. It was not a satellite because they
move too fast, nor a plane because those move and they're
not round. It wasn't a star or a balloon because it was
stationary for too long and later moved too fast.
In the summer of 1964, I saw my first UFO when I was seven.
I'm now 44 years old. The sun was low with no clouds, but
it was still daylight. My four friends were playing when I
looked up and saw a round object. It was stationary and
not rotating. It was bluish-white, the same color as the
moon and almost as bright. I could clearly see dark ring-
shaped markings on its whiter background. There was a large
ring in the center and five smaller rings spaced evenly
around, but not touching, the center ring. I could see
this object *absolutely clearly*. Its apparent size was
almost the size of a quarter at arm's length. It made no
sound. I pointed to it and my friends all stopped to look.
Then someone tagged me and it was gone. Thanks to Whitley
Strieber and john@osborntech.com
*****
May 18, 2001
A man near the intersection of Highway 10 and and Interstate
35W videotaped a glowing object at about 9:38pm from the
yard of his home.
This object was in view for at least 10 minutes and proceeded
from ESE to WNW, apparently against the surface wind direction.
Winds aloft not checked yet. At one point, a glowing object
appeared to fall from the main object, then faded out. This
appearance and behavior is similar to that of a hoax hot air
balloon, powered by candles; the candles eventually burn down
and may fall from the balloon. However, the object may have
been too bright to be a drycleaning bag balloon. The video
shows the object after it had passed, so you are looking at
the end view and the brightness will overexpose the CCD image
some, so the rounded effect. Both witnesses described the
object when it passed overhead as like a large orange glowing
brick shape with pulsating streams of orange light flowing
through the main rectangular section. Like liquid metal was
the term used. In the front were two round more whitish areas
maybe similar to intake tubes. The orange areas seemed to be
set against a dark background structure and there was a large
whitish almost transparent dome top something like a jellyfish.
They interpreted the size to be as big as a large airplane and
perhaps 5000 to 10,000 feet high. About 5 to 8 whitish lights
came shooting out after it had passed, of which some are seen
on the video. The time of fall of the glowing part allowed an
estimate of distance to be made based on the gravitational
formula.
Using some assumptions, the estimated distance was 1.5 to 3
miles and 4000 feet up when it was last seen on video going
behind tree branches and in a W-NW compass direction of 298
degrees. More study is being done.
***
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
May 18, 2001
Filer's Files #26
http:/www.filersfiles.com/files/2001/FilersFiles26.htm
***
Occurred : 5/18/2001 23:50 (Entered as : 05/18/01 23:50)
Reported: 6/13/2001 15:58
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:Minutes
Glowing orange UFO sent out sparks from bottom and later split in two and
disappeared. In sight for several minutes.
Received an e-mail regarding the Minnesota Talk Radio Network. A caller on the
Bob Davis Show - am 1500, at ten minutes to midnight -- reported seeing an
orange UFO in the northwest sky on May 18, 2001. It was sending out shooting
sparks from the bottom of the object. Eventually it split in two and disappeared.
The caller said that he was sure it was not a meteor. It was in sight for at least long
enough to stop his car, get his camera, and shoot some footage. The witness has
it on film and said he would send a copy to Bob Davis. Copy not yet received (6/13/01).
***
Occurred : 5/18/2001 21:34 (Entered as : 05/18/01 2134)
Reported: 12/26/2001 6:22:34 PM 18:22
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Mounds View/Blaine, MN
Shape: Rectangle
Duration:8 Minutes
5/18/01 Minnesota sighting of unusual object which ejected at least 3 others
before splitting in two and disappearing.
My sister and I had just finished watching the Blues/Avalanche NHL playoff
game on TV (which ended abruptly in overtime) and as I was frustrated that
my team lost, I immediately proceeded to get ready to drive my sister home to
St. Paul. She went outside ahead of me, while I grabbed a quick glass of water
for the road. It was about 2134 CST on May 18, 2001.
A few seconds later she yelled for me to hurry and take a look at something
which was moving slowly almost directly overhead in the sky (which was clear).
I stepped out of the doorway and looked up. What we saw for the next 6 minutes
is as follows: A large object almost directly overhead, slightly east of our position,
which was at a point just west of Interstate 35W and just south of US Highway
10 in Mounds View, Minnesota, USA. As I have been trained in this area, I
estimated this object to be at an altitude of somewhere between 8000 to 10000
feet. The object first appeared as an oddly shaped rectangle though roundish on
the bottom, with a deep-orange seemingly pulsating or shimmering underbelly,
similar to a liquid metal appearance, with what appeared to be brighter orange
highlites (which appeared as possibly tubular openings) in the front end which I
viewed just prior to it passing overhead, which then hid those frontal features. It
also appeared to have a halo, or jellyfish type of bubble on the top of the object
well above the shimmering orange bottom.
It was moving very slowly from the east to the west/northwest, and made no sound,
and no other lights of any kind were visible, though its general shape seemed to
ebb as its orange underside was unstable as it was pulsating slowly. As this was
something that I have never witnessed before, it seemed significant enough for
me to dash inside to grab my video camera, and I was fortunate enough to tape
nearly two minutes of this object.
After taping this object for nearly a minute, I was surprised to see that another object
seemed to be released from the main object and zip away from it fairly quickly, with
this splitting visible in the frames prior to my nervous jerking of the camera to get a
better angle as it was moving behind trees. Within seconds, the object released an
additional two (possibly three) objects which are clearly visible on the tape. These
objects seemed to fall in a downward motion though they could have been moving
into the distance. One object is shown to fall off vertically behind trees while it
suddenly reappears a second later moving horizontally and completely disappearing
a few seconds later. This also is clearly visible.
During this second release of smaller objects, there was no apparent change in the
main object's structure, though it seemed with the naked eye to dim slightly after the
release. About thirty seconds later, the main object then split into two major sections
and the sped off in opposite trajectories from each other though in a seemingly
downward motion in relation to the camera's angle, which was pointed upward at
an approximate 45 degree angle in relation to the ground. The objects then
disappeared from view behind trees. I have estimated that in relation to the camera's
angular position, that this object split apart in the vicinity of Coon Rapids, Anoka, or
Champlin, Minnesota, or in that general region, to the northwest of Mounds View.
There were at least three witnesses from our location: myself, my twenty-year old
sister, and my forty-nine year old then roommate, who only saw the object briefly. I
yelled for another individual who had been entering his vehicle a half-block away to
look, but the person either didn't understand or didn't fully hear me trying to get his
attention.
My personal credentials include military service in the United States Army as an
MOS 16T10 (Patriot Missile). As this is an Air Defense position, I was specifically
trained to spot and identify all known types of aircraft and other flying objects (balloons,
missiles, drones, military flares, meteorological phenomona, etc.). Despite my
background, I have no experience with the object I witnessed this particular evening.
I can personally attest to the facts presented herein, and can faithfully presume that
it was not an aircraft, nor a "shooting star" (meteorite), nor a military flare, and
certainly not a weather balloon (the wind was blowing from the west to east at about
10-15 mph yet the object was moving east to west/northwest -into the wind).
Additionally, the sun had already set, yet the object was luminescent or emitting its
own light on the side not facing the sunset. At the same time that this object was
sighted, I did notice a high-flying commercial jetliner that was flying from west to east
at an approximate altitude of 36,000 feet, and was visible from its exhaust contrail.
In terms of its possible size, I would judge this object as it first appeared overhead to
be the size of between a 747-400 and a C-5A military transport aircraft. The object
certainly was well below the altitude of the high-flying commercial jet which was
moving in the opposite direction. To describe its size in a simple form, if you basically
stretched both arms over your head and put two thumbs (and possibly another half
of one thumb) next to each other, that's the size it appeared at its closest point.
I wanted to share this story with your investigators and the general public because I
felt that it was significant enough to warrant further investigation to determine what
the object could possibly have been, and as to whether there were other witnesses
(which I have noticed that there was another sighting in the St. Paul, Minnesota
suburb of Hastings about 2 hours previous to mine with a similar description) and if
there have been other similar sightings with similar object behavioral characteristics.
There has been some local investigation by the Minnesota MUFON network field
investigator, and he is apparently still putting the finishing touches on his report. I am
highly interested in knowing if your organization has connections to those who may
have experience with video tapes, and who would be interested in examining the tape
to determine the light source evident on it, and possibly enhancing the tape to show
more detail. Thank you for your efforts regarding this.
In closing, I would also like to share that within a few days of this sighting, I made
attempts to get local media coverage of this sighting. Copies of the tape were made
in the studios of KARE 11 (NBC affiliate), WCCO 4 (CBS affiliate), and KSTP 5
(ABC affiliate). None of the organizations returned any information regarding the
sighting for a possible story, which I find highly unusual.
I also contacted the local air traffic control center, which is a major regional center
located in Farmington, Minnesota. They told me to contact the control tower at
MSP (Minneapolis/St. Paul International). I spoke to a supervisor (whose name I'll
give if needed) there regarding possible radar tapes from that evening to see if an
object was sighted, but was told a few days later that nothing unusual was on those
tapes. I am also interested in what local television weather radar, NWS radar, and
NOAA weather radar scans show for that specific time period on 18 May 01.
Thank you once again.
***
June, 2001 Reports
Chisholm, MN UFO
June 23, 2001
Attached is what appears to me to be a definite flying
disc picture. It was taken by the 15 year-old son of
a couple from Chisholm, MN on June 23, 2001
at about 7:00pm. It was taken on a digital camera of
the Pentek manufacture, "Pencam" model. The family had
problems with this camera and sent it back to Walmart.
I have asked them to call Walmart and get the focal
length. This picture was taken facing roughly west, to
the best information I can gather. Note the ring in
the center of the top of the disc, and the apparent
bright rim of the object. It appears that the object
moved during the exposure time, and the bright reflection
on the upper right part of the object smeared. I hope
that you or someone can perform computer analysis and
enhancement, including edge enhancement of this photo.
Please let me know if you need additional data. Oscar
LaFuente made several calls to this family. There seems
to be high probability that the family are experiencers;
two kids report seeing glowing 3 foot high figures, and
the mother and daughter wake up often with scratches and
puncture wounds.
Chisholm 6-23-01 UFO
Bill McNeff
Minnesota State Director
***
Occurred : 6/29/2001 23:15 (Entered as : 062901 23:15)
Reported : 6/30/2001 16:31
Posted : 8/5/2001
Location : GHEEN, MN
Shape : Unknown
I WAS SITTING IN MY YARD AND NOTICED IN THE SOUTHERN SKY AN OBJECT
THAT APPEARED TO BE A STAR BUT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT A HIGH
RATE OF SPEED. IT CROSSED THE SKY TOWARDS THE BIG DIPPER (BOTTOM
STARS) AND CONTINUED ON ITS WAY UNTIL IT WENT BEHIND THE CLOUDS.
I OBSERVED NO LIGHTS, FLASHING OR OTHERWISE, NOR ANY MOVEMENTS
UP OR DOWN, HOVERING OR OTHERWISE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A
FALLING STAR BUT THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE,
NO TAILS AND IT WAS MOVING AT A FAST RATE OF SPEED. FASTER THAN ANY
STAR I HAVE EVER SEEN, OR COMET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
***
July, 2001 Reports
Occurred : 7/2/2001 03:00 (Entered as : 7/1-2001 3 a,m,)
Reported: 7/2/2001 09:41
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Greenfield, MN
Shape: Oval
Duration:long time
early this morning while it was still dark, i woke up and from my window, i saw a
myriad of lights in the northeast. it looked like a huge cluster of stars--at least 200.
at first, i thought it was a plane headed for the airport, but the cluster didn't move.
i watched for half an hour and it was still in the same place. there was anoblong
black bar that separated the lights. there was no defined boundary.
((NUFORC Note: The date of the sighting was July 02, 2001. We have changed the
date, according to the response below from the witness. PD))
Dear Ms. ((deleted)),
Thank you very much for the report.
Was the sighting Sunday morning, July 01, as you write below, or was it Monday
morning, July 02, as you imply in your description of the event, please?
Cordially, ((PD))
((RESPONSE))
it was early monday morning which would make the sighting july 2.
***
Occurred : 7/7/2001 23:00 (Entered as : 7/7/01 11:00p.m)
Reported: 8/31/2003 7:49:00 PM 19:49
Posted: 9/4/2003
Location: Poposky, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:40 min
me and my girlfriend were traveling north on hwy 89 leaving bemidji mn going to
redlake mn and the sky was dark you could not see any stars in the sky but we
did notice a bright flash of light that was mimicing a strobe light in the sky but did
not see the source of it for another 10 miles it was really bright but we come to
where you would turn right to poposky {east} and obsurved the source of the flash
as we drove by {it flashed twice} and we didnt think nothing of it for another 17
miles north up the road real close to redlake then i had stopped the car ((text
deleted)) and i looked at the sky and i could still see the big bright flash in the sky
i told my girl friend she didnt think nothing of it i thaught it could have been a a tower
light but they were not that darn bright so we turned around went back south on
hwy 89 17 miles back to the poposky road ware we should have turned left to go
east toward poposky but we stopped to observe the source of the bright light we
could not make any object out but it was bright it lit up the sky and you could see the
bright light for at least 30 miles away and this is honest but any way the source was
only a couple miles east down the poposky road as we were traveling east we thought
we were getting ever so close and so we stopped and i got out to have a look and i
was preatty much standing in the spot whereit was hovering above and there was a
lake whare it was hovering over just a little lake and ther was houses in the area my
girlfriend got out and we looked at each other and i said hey it moved away she
agreed but we could still the flash so we kept going and we got up to it again then
rounded a corner and the sourc was gone again so we kept going east and come to
a stop sign left was back north and right was south and i got out again looked up and
the darn thing must have been 20 miles away cause the brightness dimmed down
quite a bit my girl friend was then scared she said lets go home so we went left back
home as we were going north we cou! ldent see the light but we had just drove about
15 miles north then took a left on a side road west got only about 1.5 miles and my
girl frend said there it is so i slowed down looked up she no on the ground and i saw
the damn thing had landed on the ground still mimicing a strob light but the srength
of the light was weaker compaired to before we saw it on the ground blinking i sped
down the road went home i didnt look back the next night i retraced the whole route
there was no light like that to be seen. ((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate,
although the witness does not indicate that fact. PD))
***
Occurred : 7/15/2001 13:00 (Entered as : 7/15/2001 01:00)
Reported: 11/3/2001 10:49:00 AM 10:49
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Hugo, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:35 minutes
hovering lights that seemed to follow us around
a flash and an appearing light over the school, then after a few moments there was
another flash and the light was hovering above the treeline to the right of us. about 15 to
20 minutes later we were walking down the street and at the end of the street a bright
light came up from the ground out of no where and hovered there for a while by the
church. the lights were orangish in color, alot brighter and alot closer to then any stars
or airplanes. another thing we noticed while this was going on is that there was no
aircraft to be seen at all in the sky.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Several similar reports were submitted from
Wyoming, MN, for April 14, 1995. On that date, multiple Michignan State Patrol officers
submitted similar reports from Michigan for the same date, and a few minutes later. PD))
***
Occurred : 7/22/2001 03:00 (Entered as : 07/22/01 3:00)
Reported : 7/22/2001 10:44
Posted : 8/5/2001
Location : St Marys Point, MN
Shape : Formation
Two white lights,one infront of the other flying at the same ROS from West to East
on 7/22/01 between 3 -3:30 am. no sound, no strobes.
This set of lights where traveling in an East/NorthEast Direction Between 3and 3:30
am.Sunday morning. The brite white lights were situated one infront of the other. I first
thought that maybe they were satellites.But they seemed much closer and larger in
size than a a typical satelite.They were a continuous white light,no strobes or colors.
However, there did seem to be a beam of light out infront of the leading light.This
also was just a white beam. It was very still and quiet outside at the time of this
sighting and I could not hear any sound that indicated any type of aircraft.The only
way I can tell you distance between the two lights is if you were to see the lights,
hold our hand streight out at arms length away and fill the space between the lights
using your fingers.It was about two fingers to fill that gap.If that tells ya anything
whatsoever? The one charactoristic that it did have equal to that of a satellite is that
as it moved Eastword,the intensity of the light changed.As if to say it wasn't
reflecting as much light as it was when it was overhead. Could this have been the
space shuttle and station? My back was to the south,and I was looking north as it
passed from west to east.
***
Occurred : 7/23/2001 03:30 (Entered as : 7/23/01 0330)
Reported: 7/23/2001 05:50
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Paul, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:1 hour
Twelve star-like objects viewed in random patterns over St. Paul, Minnesota
I have been spotting Chemtrails, the last three years. In my line of work, I am able
to watch the entire metro skies from the roof of the heating plant , where I'm
employed. At 0330 this morning, I began looking for high altitute aircraft and weather
patterns. My first observation was what looked like a satellite. It was moving slowly
from Northwest to Southeast. I watched it's straight line path until it was out of sight.
I then turned around to view west again and I saw a bright star-like object, traveling
from west to east . It was to my north and as bright as Saturn. It was not an airplane.
It had no flashing lights. It appeared lower and larger than the satellite I had just seen,
but higher than the hazy cloud patterns present. I was so amazed at this object and
was semi- scared by it's appearance. Suddenly there was another object right behind
the first. As if they were flying in formation. Both objects were on the same course
and speed. The first object was brighter than the second and I watched them disappear
in the eastern sky. I have been in the military during Viet Nam and spent my entire life
around airplanes. Never have I seen such craft. I sat down and was in semi-shock
trying to measure what I had just seen. Then I noticed another satellite object coming
towards me from the north. I watched it, until it vanished overhead. (no cloulds near)
After straining to see where it might have gone, a small red flash appeared. I'm
thinking to myself now and wondering just what is going on...I radioed down to my
work partner, to get upstairs and see the show that was going on. He arrived in two
minutes and I explained my observations. He also has seen these on occasion and
the couple he has observed didn't always move in a straight line but eratic patterns.
We both began watching now and within two minutes I noticed another bright satellite
object moving towards us from the west. I pointed it out to him and he caught sight of
it, also. Then this object faded from a very bright light to nothing, r! ight abo ve us.
Within less than an a hour, 12 objects were seen until cloud cover and the brightening
sunrise took over.
***
Occurred : 7/28/2001 22:55 (Entered as : 7/28/oi 22:55)
Reported: 7/28/2001 22:42
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: New Ulm, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:15 sec
I was standing out on the deck, when I saw 3 round steady buring lights that were
a pale orange in color. There appeared to be 1 on each of the 3 points. It moved
slowly across the sky in an east to west pattern. There was no sound. It was really
eery and awsome at the same time.
***
Aug., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 8/1/2001 16:30 (Entered as : 08/01/01 4:30pm)
Reported: 12/1/2002
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Sandstone, MN
Shape: Cigar
Duration:2min. or so
I saw a light in the sky that disappeared in front of my eye.
I was driving north on hwy 123 in Minnesota (Pine co). When I approached Co.
road 23, to my amazement off to my left at about 11:00 o'clock, I noticed a cigar
shaped light which was hovering at approx. 100 feet from the ground. I thought,
that's strange, no pole which the light was attached. I stopped, rolled down my
window, and I heard no noise from the object. At that very moment, one half of
the lights went out, and the other half went out slowly one after the other. At that
point, I became extremely frighten, because whatever I had just witnessed had
disappeared in front of my eyes with no logical explanation.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
***
Occurred : 8/6/2001 03:25 (Entered as : 08/06/01 03:25)
Reported: 8/12/2001 18:17
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Albert Lea, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:5 Min
Light moving very slowly to the west, then at a 45 degree angle, shot out of sight.
At approximately 3:25am, I noticed a light moving in the sky just south of where I
was standing. I observed it while it moved to the west of my position for approx. 5
minutes. Then, the light changed direction to S. S.W. at a 45 degree angle. Then
the light dissapeared. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
***
Occurred : 8/11/2001 22:50 (Entered as : 08-11-01 22:50)
Reported: 8/14/2001 18:54
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Ivanhoe, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:20 seconds
Looked like a star... only moving quickly across the sky.
My wife and I along with our children were outside watching the meteor shower
when we saw a star that seemed like it was flying. It was a steady white light that
looked just like an average star. We first saw it directly overhead a little to the north,
it moved across the most of the dome of the sky (in about 20 seconds) in a straight
line until it was out of sight (it disappeared at about 30 degrees above the eastern
horizon. There were also some unrelated jet lights in the sky at the same time and
the unidentified light seemed to be moving about twice as fast and the jet.
***
Occurred : 8/12/2001 20:32 (Entered as : 08/12/01 20:32)
Reported: 8/12/2001 22:44
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: New Ulm, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:20 sec
My son and I were standing out on the deck looking to the northeast at about a
10 o'clock position when we saw a very bright light going real fast across the sky
in a north to south path. Just then we saw a passenger jet (more then likely out of
the Minneapolis major airport) traveling in a east to west path. WE held our breath
because we thought they were going to collide with each other !! They had to have
seen each other. Just after that the bright light looked like it shot outward deeper into
space because it stopped where it was at, sat there fore a monment and started to
get smaller and then it disappeared.
***
Occurred : 8/18/2001 22:30 (Entered as : 08/18/01 22:30)
Reported: 9/13/2002
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Barnum, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:5 minutes
BRIGHT CIRCULAR UFO THAT HOVERS OVER CARLTON COUNTY MINNESOTA
I was driving north east with a friend from the Barnum fair on a Sunday evening. We
took the Mattawa exit from I35 and were headed due east. The road probably is about
3-5 miles long until it meets another paved road at an intersection. Anyways, we were
both chatting about the fair and in a relaxed state, when I noticed due east in the sky
above a large brilliant bright light. My friend assumed it was venus, but it looked so
low and to big to me. I drove straight on the same road and we stared at it for about 2
miles straight. Then I stopped at the stop sign and was preparring to take a left as it is
the route home, and just as I stopped the Circle began to move due north across the
sky, it moved quicker than a plane, and was such a bright light. It's motion was not
jerky however, it moved very quickly and fluidly to our left (north) and after 5 seconds
we lost sight of it due to large pines in our obstructing our view. I looked at my friend
and he looked at me like did we really just see that. I then took the turn left, and drove
on the road towards Finks Berry Farm, and on the way we still couldnt see the circle
until we drove about a half mile on the road to where the trees end and a large open
field is present. I slowed down immediatley cause to our suprise the circle was
suspended over the field and looked relativley closer and lower than previously. It
remained in sight for at least 5 seconds, because once again we looked at each
other in amazement, and then back at the circle. Suddenly the brilliantly light object
shut off its lights, much like a flash light, it was light the light sucked in quickly to a
focal point, and I could still faintly make out the structure as it was a very stary night.
We both talked later and agreed that after it's lights we're cut off we could still make
the outline of a metallic object reflecting light from the heavens, we saw the body of
the craft/or whatever it was,, for less than 5 seconds, and then it was gone. I didn't
see it move or anything, it was! like the lights went out, but we could still make out
the outline of it, and then suddenly that just disappeared. It was the strangest thing
in the world and I still am fixed on learning what the hell it was. I havent seen any
strange objects in the night sky since, and I don't know if I want too. Me and my pal
talked about here and there throughout the school year, and our conversation always
consisted of man I'm glad you were with, and we know what we saw and we can
collaborate that it was real. We also both agree that what we saw was not a shooting
star, because it moved slower than that and it hovered..... It was so odd, I just wish I
had a camera on me, but it seems like things like this happen when we're off guard.
Just some quick facts about the area where we saw the UFO. The carlton county
area is a farm area, with many cows and other barn yard animals. It is an extremely
rural area, with woods and some rolling hills, but mainly flat. Me and my friend also
realized that the point in the sky where we first caught sight of this bright light was in
a due line with the road. Interesting thing about this is that at the intersection where I
stopped, the craft was roughly a quarter mile ahead of us, and before it moved it was
positioned directly over a dirt road in an abandoned area. See the road is paved in all
directions at the intersection except east, or in other words right in front of us. This is
important I believe because there are cattle farms and an abundance of dear near
the area. I'd like to say what we saw was an illusion, but damnit it just wasn't, I know
what I saw and so does my pal, and for the rest of my life I will never forget that night.
***
Occurred : 8/18/2001 22:13 (Entered as : 8/18/2001 22:13)
Reported: 8/19/2001 12:59
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Wrenshall, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:1 hour
Triangular shaped ufo which darted quickly across the sky near duluth MN, but then
remained stationary for a half hour.....
Myself and a friend were heading home from the barnum fair towards our hometown
20 miles south west of duluth when we noticed a bright light in the east/southeastern
sky. My friend thought it was venus, but it seemed so large and bright, and it seemed
to be lower than most stars and the only star in the direction! I thought it was the
north star but realized we were facing east. As we were about to dismiss the object
as a star or planet, it suddenly darted left (straight north) for about 3 seconds but
seemed to cover a lot of ground in that short time. We lost sight of it but then turned
left as it was the road towards home anyways. We passed some pines that blocked
our view but then came to an open field and saw the bright object again. It was
hovering but then moved upwards quickly and the light totally went out, then came
back on again about 10 seconds later. The odd thing was it was a clear sky, every star
was visible, so i figured it couldnt be a plane going through clouds, and the light
seemed to large to just be a plane. We watched the object for another 10 miles, and
decided to go just go home cause it was now higher in the sky. However when i got
on my road i could still see the strange object, i tried to video tape it casue i had my
camera in the car but the battery died about 3 seconds into taping it, so we went in
my home got my dad and drove back west down my road. we stopped the vehicle
got out and stared north northeast where the object was. It now was a brilliant blue
and red, the lights would flicker much like that of a plane, but it hovered in the same
spot for 30 more minutes!!! Plus i spotted a plane in the south western sky moving
east, and it became clear the object was definately no plane. The strangest thing
about it was that it also had 3 white lights, which if connected would make a triangle.
but the triangle seemed to appear, then go away then come back once every 20
seconds or so.. we watched it until 11:15 and then decided to return home. This is
the strangest thing i've ever seen and i hope to see it again.
((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness at length, and we found him to be
quite credible and convincing. We questioned the fact that the witnesses had
watched the object of interest for an estimated 1 hour, but he was adamant, and
convincing, in his assertion that the object actually did what is described above. PD))
***
Occurred : 8/21/2001 04:00 (Entered as : 08/21/01 04:00)
Reported: 10/28/2001 6:55:59 PM 18:55
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Ely (about 40-50 miles outside), MN
Shape: Light
Duration:a minute or or two
While canoeing at 3:30 AM we saw a blinking light in the sky similar to that of an
aircraft. Suddenly it lit up & sped away
9 people. 3 canoes. I was in a canoe with two others. We saw everything. The
other canoers saw nothing. Strange...
We were on a summer canoe trip in the Boundary Water Wilderness Area of
Northern Minnesota. We got up around 3 am that day to paddle in the moonlight.
We left at 3:30 AM. About half an hour in, I and my two canoe mates (3 to a canoe)
saw something in the north sky. Actually it started being visible (or maybe we just
saw it for the first time) when it was very close the the big dipper.
It was a blinking light in the sky. Moving at a steady pace for the first few moments.
For the 1st few moments we just brushed it off as an airplane (it looked alot like an
airplane would at night) but it was kind of strange--Since when do airplanes fly over
Ely, Minnesota? It is the middle of nowhere! OK, maybe we could pass this off as
an aiplane taking an alternate route to get to San Fransisco or somewhere. But this
was before the spectactle that turned my friend into a believer in UFO's and the like.
The whole sighting lasted oh no more than 2 minutes and it looked just like a plane
going thru the sky for about a minute of the two, blinking and moving steadily. But
then all of a sudden it lit up (it stopped blinking and got visibly brighter), and then
went extremely fast and went out of sight. We were all awestruck
***
Sighting: WUFOD i1-414-MN
ABSTRACT: encounter of the third kind
Date: 08/23/2001
HOUR: 20:00 CST
DURATION: 31-60_minutes
COUNTRY: USA
STATE_PROVINCE: MN
COUNTY: cass
NEAR_TOWN_OR_CITY: deer river
SITE: rural
SKY: clear
MUFON_REPORTEES: 1
NUMBER_OBSERVED: 2
ELEVATION: 0-10_degrees
LOWEST_ALTITUDE: treetop
DISTANCE: 21-100_feet
FLIGHT: hovering
DIRECT_FIRST_OBSVED: W
DIRECT_LAST_OBSVED: W
SHAPE: saucer
SURFACE: glowing
APPARENT_SIZE: golfball
ACTUAL_SIZE: 31-100_feet
SURFACE_COLOR: white
EXT_LIGHTS: steady
CHANGE_COLOR: no
SURROUNDINGS: normal_sound_absent
SPECIES: dog
REACTION_TYPE: indifference
PSYCH_DURING_EVENT: fear, impaired_thinking
PSYCH_AFTER_EVENT: helplessness
PHYSIO_DURING_EVENT: shock
PHYSIO_AFTER_EVENT: lethargy, rash, appetite_loss, fatigue,
sleep_disorder
OBSERVATION: hovering
ENTITY_TYPE: humanoid, apparition
HEIGHT: 6_feet
APPAREL: no_apparel
APPAREL_COLOR: white
1. In house, talking on phone
2. thought it was the moon.
3. noticed what i thought was the moon had moved to another
position.
4. courious, to fear5.object was luminous and consisted of
two oblong bars of light which could have been one or two
separate crafts. It was slightly obscured by a stand of trees,
made no noise and was stationary. as i was watching the craft
out the cornor of my eye i noticed an entity directly out the
window about 100' away. it was dimly glowing either emitting
light or was illuminated by an unknown light source. It appeared
to be standing sideways and bent down several times as if doing
something. because it was in a low spot i was unable to see
legs, but it looked at me and its face had one large orifice
and other dark spots . then i heard a swishing sound that went
passed the open window and then i noticed another entity next
to the house less than 30' away. then everything seemed to
vanish.
***
Occurred : 8/30/2001 23:10 (Entered as : 8/30/01 23:10)
Reported: 8/30/2001 21:27
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Owatonna, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:20 min plus
Located in western sky. Not moving. Appears like a large star, but many different
colors. Viewed with the binoculars, blues, greens, reds, orange could be seen.
Watched for 25 minutes. Moved slightly after time.
((NUFORC Note: We observe that the object sighted is not inconsistent with a
celestial body, probably a twinkling star. PD))
***
Sighting: WUFOD i1-421-MN
ABSTRACT: color changing object
Date: 08/30/2001
HOUR: 23:15 CST
DURATION: 11-30_minutes
COUNTRY: USA
STATE_PROVINCE: MN
COUNTY: steele
NEAR_TOWN_OR_CITY: owatonna
SITE: town
SKY: clear
MUFON_REPORTEES: 1
NUMBER_OBSERVED: 1
ELEVATION: 45-50_degrees
LOWEST_ALTITUDE: over_500_feet
DISTANCE: over_1_mile
FLIGHT: hovering, other
DIRECT_FIRST_OBSVED: W
DIRECT_LAST_OBSVED: NW
SHAPE: pinpoint_or_star
SURFACE: reflective
APPARENT_SIZE: star-like
SURFACE_COLOR: white, red_orange, orange, yellow_orange,
green, blue_green
EXT_LIGHTS: other
CHANGE_COLOR: yes
My son brought this bright light to my attention in the sky.
It looked like a large star. Colorful. Not moving. I looked
at it with binoculars and could see many different colors.
Greens, blues, orange, red. We watched for about 20 minutes.
Eventually moved slightly north, then disappeared.
***
Sept., 2001 Reports
Minnesota orange glowing football
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS -- My boyfriend and I were living with my parents in
September of 2001 as the sun just went down, we decided to go for a walk on
Greystone Drive. Right above Highway 494 was an orange glowing football. It
was blinking, no sort of fading in and out, brighter, dimmer, brighter, dimmer.
Then, it faded out completely, out of nowhere it flashed super bright, then flew
off. It just got smaller and smaller extremely fast and was gone. My boyfriend
and I were both struck dumb while this happened, and when it was over we
both looked at each other for a second and said "did you see that?" Since it
was right over the freeway, I don't think there is any way possible we were the
only ones who saw it.
Filer's Files #33 – 2005, George A. Filer, Director MUFON Eastern
August 10, 2005, Web: www.georgefiler.com
***
Occurred : 9/10/2001 20:15 (Entered as : 09-10-01 20:15)
Reported: 9/15/2001 00:14
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Duluth, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:.5
f-16's chasing light!
i live in duluth mn. i was in the miller hill mall parking lot, it was still quite lite out!
i heard f-16's as they were taking off, faster than they will do during training, and
much louder!, as i enjoy watching them fly i was looking up into the sky. and did
not think much more than that! as i looked out of the left of my eye i saw a simple
white lite screaming away in the sky, it was low enough to be going throuh the local
cloud cover, as it lit up the clouds as it went through!. at the exact time i thought
this was neat!, as i went to get into my truck, i saw the f-16's fly in the same direction
as the light! as the light went through the clouds i saw some color, much like a
rainbow would e-mit, there was no sound. i do not know what the lite was, but why
were there f-16's chasing it??????????
***
Occurred : 9/21/2001 08:40 (Entered as : 09/21/2001 8:40)
Reported: 3/14/2002 7:01:04 PM 19:01
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Willmar, MN
Shape: Disk
Duration:12-15 seconds
FORMATION OF DISKS SHOOT ACROSS THE SKY .
I had just pulled into my driveway. And as I got off my van, I happened to glance
up at the sky, right over my neighbors house. At that moment I saw about seven to
nine lights shoot across the sky. The lights were amber in color and they weren't
blinking, the lights were steady. They looked a little bigger than the brightest star.
They seemed disk shaped. They were in a formation, two lines parallel to each
other, but one line was one disk ahead of the other. About four or five seconds into
the sighting, the last disk maneuvered its way to the front in what seemed a split
second. I ran to the left side of my house as they dissapeared over my house. I
caught sight of them again on the other side of my house, but only for a couple of
seconds, then they disapeared behind some trees.
***
UFO Photographed over Ely, Minnesota
(http://www.abduct.com/photos/pn012.htm)
Mr. T. Sutter photographed this UFO flying over Ely,
Minnesota on Sept. 29, 2001. According to Mr. Sutter, "I
took this picture on Main Street in Ely, Minnesota on
September 29, 2001. I had my camera with me because I
wanted to take pictures of the 'Wolf Center' just outside
of Ely. I stopped to go to the Hardee's in Ely when I
chanced to look up and saw the UFO above the buildings
in the center of the picture. Why they always seem to be
going away from me when I see them is beyond me. I took
the picture as fast as I could but the UFO was already a
lot farther away by then, in broad daylight no less, and
with people all around me!"
"Maybe somebody reported it, I don't know. Two older women
who where close to me just shrugged it off. They said
nobody would believe them even if they did tell anyone."
Photo submitted by T. Sutter. (pn012.jpg)
-
Eerie Energy Fields Photographed at Birch Lake
(http://www.abduct.com/photos/pn013.htm)
Mr. T. Sutter has photographed many eerie energy fields
over Birch Lake in Minnesota. This is a place where UFOs
have been encountered. Mr. Sutter's full report is below.
According to Mr. Sutter, "This photo was taken about 6
months ago at Birch Lake which I visit often. There are
two main launching docks. I had just taken my boat out of
the water when I heard a loud buzzing, whirring noise all
around me.
- So I snapped a few pictures. This is one of them. The
other two have other oddball spheres in them. But this one
takes the cake! It covers the whole picture.
- NOTHING like that could be seen. Very tiny flashes, like
tiny bright reddish lightning bugs were all around me but
were not picked up by the camera. Just that ghostly like
thing which I did NOT see at all. ALL of the pictures that
show oddball things were taken at one or the other of the
docks at Birch Lake. Those things do not appear on
photographs taken anywhere else, only at Birch Lake."
Mr. Sutter stated, "I do not think that it is due to any
flaw in the camera because I always take groups of pictures
when I start photographing anything, (no film, it's all
free). Those things appear in pictures where the previous
and the following pictures do not portray anything unusual.
The "bubbles" CANNOT be seen. Keep that in mind. I do not
know of their existence until I download the pictures
and that 'ghostly thing' also was not seen. What was seen
then were very tiny flickering red/pinkish colored lights
everywhere. Viewers need to realize that these "things"
CANNOT be seen when the pictures were taken. The obvious
UFOs do not fall into that category. Those other two UFOs
were seen as I photographed them. Just wish they didn't
fly away so fast." Photos submitted by T. Sutter. (pn013.jpg)
-
UFO Shows Itself When Summoned
(http://www.abduct.com/photos/pn011.htm)
A Minnesota man has experienced UFOs since childhood.
According to Mr. T. Sutter, UFOs have been part of his
life since age 10, when he and some friends had their
first "missing time" experience. In this photo, Mr.
Sutter explains below how the UFO came when summoned.
Mr. Sutter stated, "That photo of the UFO craft above
my house was taken months later when I was having a fit
over this UFO stuff and I swore out, 'Why the hell don't
you guys show yourselves'? That's when I got the urge to
take the camera outside and snap this picture."
Photos submitted by T. Sutter. (pn011.jpg)
***
Oct., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 10/4/2001 16:00 (Entered as : 10/04/01 16:00)
Reported: 11/6/2001 4:23:05 PM 16:23
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Oval
Duration:
a medium sized round metallic object that was suspended motionless at about
100 or so feet in the air
intersection of 35w and hyw 62 about 100 feet in the air i saw an oval or round
shaped ball metallic in color with a cylinder of the same color and diameter
extending below . the ball or oval was approximately 10 feet in diameter and the
cylindrical extension was approximately 5 feet in length. it was suspended in the
air. it did not move. i could only watch a few seconds as i drove underneath it.
i dont know what is was.
***
Sighting Date/Time: 10/04/01 7:51 p.m.
Sighting Location: Harris, MN
Sighting Description: At 7:51 I, with four witnesses saw a
bright light moving from west to east. It was a white light
without the typical flashing lights of airplanes. It was not
an airplane as I am very familiar with all types of aircraft,
we own a small plane and am aware of what is going on in the
skies. It was not a satellite, I have been observing those
since they were first launched and visible. The object made
no sound at all. Its flight was not smooth but rather in a
slight zig zag motion.
***
From: Casey W Holt, FI
Someone called about a sighting they had last week Oct. 11th, 2001 in Woodbury.
Looked like a triangle or V-shape lights that was not moving fast going to the
East about 9:00 PM. No noise and bright white lights not too far above horizon.
Location at 10th and Radio Drive. They wanted to notify us to make a record of it
but didn't seem interested in making a detailed report.
***
Occurred : 10/13/2001 19:55 (Entered as : 10/13/01 19:55)
Reported: 10/13/2001 6:10:50 PM 18:10
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:10 seconds
Very bright star disappearing quickly (10sec)
I looked up in sky nearly directly overhead and noted what I thought what was
a planet for it was brighter than Sirius. It actually was quite a bit more bright than
Jupiter. Looking up again seconds later it was no longer bright at all and was
only as bright as a normal star but it was moving and a second or two later was
gone heading south. From where I first saw it to where it disappeared was only
about the span of my outstretched hand.
This same even happened a month and a half ago it nearly the same location.
It was very similar in brightness until disappearance and length of time I saw it
and the direction it went. The first time I saw it was a few days after my father's
death Aug 27th and I felt it may have been his soul or something.
((NUFORC Note: The report is not inconsistent with the sighting of the "flare"
reflection from an Iridium satellite. That possibility can be confirmed at
. PD))
***
Occurred : 10/21/2001 14:00 (Entered as : 10/21/2001 2:00pm)
Reported: 10/22/2001 1:55:10 PM 13:55
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Mound, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:1 minute
large boeing 747 followed by two smaller craft.
I was helping a friend of mine built a shed, we were talking when four airplanes
flew low over our heads. Once they passed I noticed a Boeing 747 higher in the
sky traveling east to west. What was strange was the two smaller planes following
the large 747. At first I thought the smaller planes were escorts (like maybe it was
the President's plane with two fighter escorts) But the smaller planes were both on
the left side of the 747. They were dark in color but surrounded by a translucent cirle.
by Then the 747 started to turn south and the two smaller planes did an ariel loop-
de-loop and ended up behind the 747. Then the two smaller planes sped off so fast
I couldn't tell in what direction they traveled. I kept asking my friend if he could see
the two small planes. We both concluded that the two smaller planes had vanished.
We could still see the 747.
***
Nov., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 11/14/2001 20:45 (Entered as : 11/14/2001 20:45)
Reported: 1/2/2002 8:41:42 PM 20:41
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Lake Elmo, MN
Shape: Chevron
Duration:5 minutes
5 mi sighting of a soundless chevron craft with six lights as bright as those on
a baseball field .
While driving east on 10th street , I observed some very bright white lights high
up in the sky. They appeared to be moving west toward the direction I was going.
I at first thought it was a big commercial jet or military plane headed to the mpls.
airport or the U.S. Airforce reserve base located next to the Mpls. airport.
Then while observing these lights I could no longer tell if they were moving or
hovering. There also appeared to be a smaller craft to the north of this big craft.
I rolled down my drivers side window and guessed it may have been a helicopter
but no sound could be heard.
When my attention refocused on the other craft it appeared to be hovering over
a grove of trees on manning. I could easily distinguish three bright ligets on either
side of a chevron or perhaps a triangular shape. I could not tell which as I believe
I was looking at it dead on. I than rolled down the passenger side window and
slowed downto about 20 miles per hr expecting to hear some sound. I heard
nothing. The six bright lights completely lit up the tops of the trees. They became
baseball field bright.
I stopped at the corner of manning and 10th street (its a four way stop) and noticed
that two guys were working on a telephone line. (a Quest truck was parked there)
Looking to my right I still could see the tree line lit up. I turned left to head home to
Stillwater and looked at my rear view mirrior and coule still see the tree line lit up.
I checked with the Washington County police Dept to see if anyone else had
reported anything, but was told no. I also called Lake Elmo Airport and no reports
were taken either.
I'm pretty neutral about the ufo thing as I'm Catholic and pretty conservative on
my view of such matters. I'm not scared about this but would like hear if others
have seen something like this.
***
Occurred : 10/14/2001 20:45 (Entered as : 10/14/01 20:45)
Reported: 1/15/2002 8:29:02 PM 20:29
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Lake Elmo, MN
Shape: Chevron
Duration:5 minutes
Six lights as bright as staium lights on chevron shaped object hovering over grove
of trees.6
Objct seen at night as I drove East on 10th street. Appeared as a very bright round
light. Also appeared to be accompanied by smaller aircraft like a heliocopter. I rolled
down my truck window (drivers side) to listen for any heliocoptersound but did not
hear any. This took less than a minute. I than noticed some extremely bright lights
over a grove of trees to my right . The lights were as bright as in a sports stadium.
There were six very bright distinct round lights. Three on either side as if in a v or
perhaps chevron shape. I slowd down to about 30 miles per hour and rolled down
the passenger window but sa no movement and heard no sound. The tops of the
trees were extremely lit up. I stopped at the corner of 10th and manning (there were
two guys and a Quest truck down in the ditch working on some cable I think. They
appeared ot to notice the lights. I than turned left to go home To Stillwater and could
still see the bright lights in my rear view mirrior.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
***
Occurred : 11/15/2001 21:00 (Entered as : 11/15/01 2100)
Reported: 11/18/2001 5:53:11 AM 05:53
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Paul, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:8-10 seconds
Observed was a black boomerang/triangle shaped going east at approximately
500 miles an hour with no lights on at all.
On Thursday, November 15, 2001 at exactly 2100 my friend and I were standing
on the balcony of the third and uppermost floor of his apartment building. I was
smoking a cigarette and looking at the stars(The ground visibility was a little hazy,
sky visibility was completely clear.) when I saw an object flying east almost directly
overhead. It was shaped like a triangle, more so like a boomerang(my friend said
like a giant glider.) It seemed to be about the same size across as a jetliner (without
knowing exact altitude.) It was completely matte-black, not reflective at all, with no
lights or beacons on it at all. It was darker than the night sky which was lit by
streetlamps. It also made no sound at all, completely quiet. Its' rate of speed was
comparable to a plane on landing approach, I believe. It flew over our heads at a
120 degree angle. The downtown St. Paul airport is approximately 3 miles away
from our location. There were no planes in the direct area where I saw the object.
When I first saw the craft I immediately stopped the inane conversation I was
having with my friend and pointed out the object. He saw it immediately and we
both watched it fly out of sight over the building. We were both completely
flabbergasted. The whole event lasted between 8 and 10 seconds.
My friend is a ((deleted))l engineer and I am a ((deleted)) officer. We both
went to college at the University of Wisconsin. We are in our mid-twenties.
He is married, I am not.
***
Occurred : 11/18/2001 04:20 (Entered as : 11/17/01 04:20)
Reported: 11/18/2001 9:31:01 AM 09:31
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Fergus Falls, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:2-3 minutes
V-shaped pattern of faint reddish lights
My two children and I had gone outside around 4 am to watch the meteor shower,
and I would say it was about 20 minutes later that my 7 year old son pointed out a
V-shaped pattern of faint reddish lights overhead, moving at about the speed one
would expect to see a plane flying. While I believe I did hear what sounded like a
plane engine very distantly, we are also near an Interstate highway, and the
tractor-trailer engines have fooled me before, sounding very much like jet engines
or small planes as they accelerate, and there was moderate freeway traffic at
this time.
At any rate, this pattern of lights seemed to be flying quite high, and unlike plane
lights, these lights did not flicker or blink, but remained constant. I watched this
pattern for about 2-3 minutes while it made frequent direction changes, very tight,
smooth turns and I eventually lost track of it.
((NUFORC Note: Date should be November 18. We have amended it here. PD))
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Occurred : 11/19/2001 23:45 (Entered as : 11/19/01 23:45)
Reported: 11/20/2001 12:13:56 PM 12:13
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Maplewood, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:7-10 seconds
5 Bronze colored, elliptical shaped objects in (<) formation, travelling really fast
from NW to SE on clear night.
I saw 5 figures in a formation soar by last night. They were bronze in color, and
elliptical in shape. Their sides came to a point, rather than just rounded. All looked
to be the same size. The formation they were flying was similar to a Less Than
sign (<). They were traveling from N.W. to S.E., and being a pilot myself, I would
guestemate around 40,000 feet. The sky was clear. I watched them from about a
60 degree sky position from my right side, to about a 30 degree sky position on
my left side. They flew virtually overhead. I saw no other lights, nothing flashing,
just the steady bronze color. I heard no sounds from them, but at that altitude you
probably wouldn't. There were no trailing streams of light coming from them. I know
the Leonid Meteor shower has been going on, but with meteor showers, the light
goes extremely fast, has a trail of light, and is generally really bright. These lights
could not be meteors. There is not a great amount of military aircraft around here.
The objects I saw were traveling quite fast. Probably 3 times as fast as an airliner
in cruise. I'm not sure how fast our military aircraft can go, but it was impressive
whatever it was.
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Occurred : 11/23/2001 22:30 (Entered as : 11/23/01 10:30 pm)
Reported: 12/3/2001 1:22:09 PM 13:22
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Monticello, MN
Shape: Sphere
Duration:1 minute
driving home and a ufo passed me and i stopped and it sped away.
i was driving in my car going east on highway 94 going from st. cloud, mn. to
rogers, mn. when i saw out of the corner of my eye a semi-bright light flying across
the sky,just left of my vehicle.i looked up and i was like ohhhh fuck!!!!!i slowed
down and pulled to the side of the road and the ufo just took of what seemed like
twice the speed i started at.i sat there for a minute and then started driving again.
***
Occurred : 11/26/2001 22:05 (Entered as : 11/26/01 22:05)
Reported: 11/26/2001 9:53:40 PM 21:53
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:5 seconds
Minneapolis-two flashes of robin egg blue lightening behind clouds, leaving sky lit
a little lighter in that area for 45 minutes after.
While driving on 394W at 10:05pm, I saw what looked like robin egg blue lightening
flash twice behind the clouds, lighting them up in the western sky.
That area in the sky stayed lit for 45 minutes after. (this latter difference in sky
color may have not too been noticable to anyone not looking for it) The lit part of
the sky was a lighter color than the surrounding sky, with a tinge of blue. This
happened during a heavy snow storm so it could have been lightening, but I've
never seen bright blue lightening before, and that doesn't explain why that part of
the sky stayed a little bit lit for at least 45 minutes later...the lit sky has returned to
normal at last peek (11:15pm)
***
Dec., 2001 Reports
Occurred : 12/1/2001 22:26 (Entered as : 12/01/01 22:26)
Reported: 12/4/2001 10:25:52 AM 10:25
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Peter, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:15 seconds
object with trail behind it slowly moves across sky to north and then abruptly shoots
off in its continuing direction to the north.
I was driving south on a poorly lit sidestreet in St. Peter, giving me a good view of
the clear night sky. I looked up to the south sky, and I saw what I had believed to be
a meteor. I saw an orange light, but was unable to make out any definite shape.
There was a trail behind it, much like you would see behind a comet. I knew it was
not a meteor, because it was moving slowly from south to north. After about 5-10
seconds of this "phenomenon" moving slowly across the sky, it shot off in it's
continuing direction towards the north. There was no sound emitted by the craft,
nor any ensuing sonic boom. I got out of my car to get a better look, but by that time
it was gone. I also noticed two airplanes passing by the area where the event had
occurred. I have no knowledge as to what kind of aircraft they were, or whom they
belonged to. I talked to several other people in the general vicinity whom had viewed
the same event. We speculated what it may have been, and came up with a few
things- possibly a fighter jet? A satellite re-entering the atmosphere? An experimental
aircraft? We had exhausted the possiblilites, and then gave caution to the idea that it
may very well have been an UFO.
((NUFORC Note: We suspect the witness is describing the re-entry event that
occurred at approximately 2120 hrs. (Mountain) on Saturday, December 01, 2001.
Please see following URL for details:
. PD))
***
Occurred : 12/8/2001 14:32 (Entered as : 12/8/01 14:32)
Reported: 12/8/2001 2:44:55 PM 14:44
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Bemidji, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:6 minutes
Black, triangle, split into 4 smaller triangles, speed/shape of normal aeroplane.
I was checkin my email when i saw a large triangle outside my window. It was black,
and about the size of an average aeroplane. I moved about the speed of an aeroplane,
and then stopped and split into 2 smaller black triangles. They each sped off in a different
direction. It made no sound.
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