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Jan., 2000 Reports
Occurred : 1/16/2000 18:00 (Entered as : 01/16/00 18:00)
Reported: 1/22/2000 20:40
Posted: 2/16/2000
Location: Becker (approx. 5 miles W of, on Hwy 10 towards St. Cloud), MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:10sec
Traveling east along Hwy 10 around dusk, triangular craft spotted between
Hwy and power plant.
While a passenger in back seat of car traveling east on Hwy 10. Woman describes
seeing trangular shadow out passenger window slowly hovering low over field
between road and large power plant that is 1.5mi away. She said the craft was
barely visible in dust but that it had 3 lights in a triangle. Red, green, and white. As
car continued east she followed craft through back window as it crossed the
highway slowly and went behind trees on north side. No sounds heard and craft
was approximately 60' off ground. Moved very slowly, lights on ends were relatively
small compared to craft.
***
Sighting Date/Time: January 27th 11:30pm
Sighting Location: In my home, looking out the kitchen window.
Sighting Description: I often look out at the sky when standing at the
kitchen sink. There is an excellent view of the western/northwestern sky,
as my house overlooks a large pond in that direction. The sky seemed to be
fairly clear and all the lights inside the house were turned off, since the
family had already retired for the night, so I had a good view of the sky.
The time was approximately 11:30pm. When I stepped to the window, I noticed
a group of four alternately blinking colored lights at my 10 o'clock position
in the sky, about 70 degrees up from the horizon. The lights resembled those
of an airplane. They were moving slowly from southwest to northeast, similar
to what normal commercial aircraft do. The lights were blinking at a two
second rate, which seemed a bit slow compared to what I see on commercial
craft that fly over. The apparent size was that of a penny held at arm's
length.
After about 10 seconds, the lights slowed down and stopped, hovered, for
about two seconds. I would estimate the horizontal distance from me at
this point to be approximately 1,000 feet or less, although the altitude
of the craft seemed to be similar to what I see private aircraft fly at.
The lights then slowly made a sharp turn to the left and moved off in a
westerly direction. They continued to move into the distance, at times
seeming to come to a stop, then continuing slowly on, until I lost sight
of them several miles away. I kept them in view for about 6 minutes.
The hovering and slow movement ruled out an airplane for me, and I then
thought it must have been a helicopter. However, several helicopters have
flown over the house since that night, which has reminded me how loud they
are during the winter, no matter what their altitude. I've come to the
conclusion this was a genuine sighting. Unfortunately, because I was
thinking 'helicopter' at the time, I didn't really notice the color
configuration of the lights, although I took notice they were in a diamond-
shaped configuration, and rather bright. They were definitely colored
white and blue, but again, I'm not sure in my mind which were white and
which were blue.
I'm forty-five years old and a computer specialist. I often watch the
sky, but have never seen anything out of the ordinary until now, and so
have remained reasonably skeptical, although very interested in the UFO
subject. We often sky-gaze during the summer, sighting satellites and
shooting stars at the cabin, and I've always been a closet amateur
astronomer, so I'm familiar with the night sky, and consider myself to
be a good witness.
I'd be very interested to know if anyone else in the area sighted this
craft.
****
MULTICOLORED UFO SEEN IN ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA
On Friday, January 28, 2000 at 9 p.m.,
and again on Saturday, January 29, 2000 at
5:30 a.m., residents of Elk River, Minnesota
(population 11,143) spied an unusual object
with bright multicolored lights hovering near their
homes.
"We first noticed a bright red light in the sky,"
Denise M. reported. "At first I thought it was a jet
since we have jets that pass over making their
descent into MSP (Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport--J.T.) The UFO approached from the east
and hovered. The longer I watched, I realized it was
not moving. It was also emitting blue, green, red and
white lights."
"I went and got my binoculars so I could look at
it closer. Viewing it through the binoculars, you could
see that it had white lights that ran around the bottom
of the object, and blue, green and red lights were
flashing from the top."
"I watched for approximately 45 minutes before it
moved to the south, then hovered in that position."
"During this time, I called a neighbor to verify what
I was seeing. He also tried to look through the
binoculars and agreed he had never seen anything
like it. This continued for approximately two-and-a-
half minutes before it disappeared to the southeast."
"From a distance, it appeared to be moving quite
slowly. Could someone respond back if they've seen
anything similar?"
Elk River is on Highway 10 approximately
22 miles (34 kilometers) north of Minneapolis.
(UFO ROUNDUP, Volume 5, Number 5, February 3, 2000
Editor: Joseph Trainor, Masinaigan@aol.com
http://ufoinfo.com/roundup/)
***
Feb., 2000 Reports
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 2/1/2000 23:00 (Entered as : 02/01/2000 23:00)
Reported: 10/19/2003 7:05:01 PM 19:05
Posted: 10/31/2003
Location: Babbitt, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:8-10 minutes
Opaque white beams of light that repeatedly hit a lamp, turning it on and off...
I dont recall the exact date of this, all i know is it was in the winter of 99-00, probably
between January and February 00. Its taken me awhile to come forward cuz it was a very
scary experience, and many people would question my sanity. It was shortly after 11:00 pm,
and i was reading up in my living room by myself. We lived on shore property of a lake at
the time, and our living room was an upper story room directly overlooking our lake. My
recliner was right next to our huge picture windows, and it was a great view...anyways, i
simply saw a beam of light shoot into my house. It didnt just "appear", it seemed to grow
from a point i could not tell over the lake, and expand into the room. It was about the
diameter of a softball, and very opaque white in color. The most incredible thing though,
is that when it reached its furthest point, it actually hit the lamp kiddy-corner from me in
the room! Immediately the light turned OFF and the "lazer beam" just withdrew. I was so
completely stunned that i just sat and stared-i mean this beam had passed no more than
2 feet directly in front of me and turned off one of my lights! So i tried not to freak out,
and decided to stay where i was and watch. No more than a minute later the same beam
shot back in, hit the lamp, and turned it on! At this point, i was beyond scared. So i got
up and ran into my bathroom, crouching low to my floor so i wouldnt get hit. The bathroom
was directly to the right of the lamp that was being hit, so i partially closed the door to
"protect" myself and still watch. For the next 5-6 minutes the beam continued to shoot in,
turn on or off the light, then recede. After those 5 or so minutes, it didnt happen again,
the light just remained off. So from there i booked it downstairs to my mother's room.
She was trying to sleep of course so when i frantically woke her and raved about "lazer
beams", naturally she was a lil' peeved! But my mom sat up with me to look out her
window (same lake view as upstairs) ! for a couple minutes. We actually saw different
beams of white light shooting horizontally in various directions. By the time 10-ish minutes
were done, the lights were done. I (carefully) went upstairs to make sense of it all attempt
sleep. I must add to this that When i went back up there, i heard a very low-decibal sounding
hum, that kind of vibrated inside my ears, and it seemed to be all around and above our
house. I figured i was only hearing the refridgerator, but i know how that sounds-quieter
and higher piched than this new sound-plus i heard it shut off short after. The low humming
continued a few more minutes, but i was so spooked i went to bed! I should also add that
there were other instances when we lived on the lake that we had seen diagonal light beams,
discs, and strange sattelite-type lights. I was 15 at the time, just a home-school student
getting ready to go to college early, and always an honest, intelligent person. I was most
definately not on any hallucinogenic drugs either! My mother can vouche for what i saw,
and i'm happy to share it w/ u. But i do have a ?: has anyone else seen these? I really
havent heard anything quite like what i saw, inspite of the fact that i listen to Art Bell and
Whitley Strieber religiously! O- almost forgot to add that the next morning when i examined
the window the glass was fine, the screen looked sorta burnt, and there was a perfect circle
melted out of the weather plastic! WHY?
***
Occurred : 2/15/2000 19:11 (Entered as : 2/15/00 19:11)
Reported: 2/21/2000 16:22
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Barnum, MN
Shape: Teardrop
Duration:00:05
I had been driving home from work and I seen lights rotating. I stopped and backed
up to get a better look. While backing up the UFO quickly reversed with me. I
shifted into drive and the UFO followed me for another 100 yards. Then it began to
retreat as I hurried home. The UFO had multiple lights originating on the larger part
of the teardrop, and had a number between 2-4 lights on the narrow part of the craft.
Many lights (6-7) originated from the larger part of the teardrop shaped craft. While
only 2-4 came from the narrow tip. It was extremely fast in the way it followed my
reverse. It had been hovering about 100 feet from the roadside over trees. The lights
were like chasing lights it would start from the front from where I could see and
move to the left. Then it would skip an area and continue along the back until it
came around to the front again. It seemed to have a dome shaped area on top of
it on the larger end, and the bottom appeared to be flat.
***
Mar., 2000 Reports
Occurred : 3/6/2000 22:20 (Entered as : 03/06/00 22:20)
Reported: 3/6/2000 02:29
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Hugo, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:30 seconds
Me and my friend witness a bright blue light moving rapidly across the sky. It
moved across 60 degrees of the sky approximately, then disappeared.
On the above date and time, me and my friend were taking a walk along an unlit
street near where I live. My friend pointed and told me to look over my left shoulder,
in the east. I saw a bright light about the size of a dime at arms length, the light was
a blueish white color, it was moving fairly quickly across the sky, but there was
plenty of time for me to turn my head and see it for about 10 or 20 seconds, the
light moved from the northeast to the southeast in an arcing path, which led me to
believe it was far away. Before the object reached the horizon it disappeared. We
heard no noise. I do not believe this was a shooting star because it was way to
big, it was constant, and it lasted too long.
***
Occurred : 21:30 (Entered as : 09/xx/92 2130)
Reported: 3/12/2000 02:59
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Golden Valley, MN
Shape: Flash
Duration:2.5 hours
A strobe light flashed for 2 1/2 hours over a neighbor's house.
It was in late September, 1992. The evening was warm and balmy, and large white
clouds drifted by at low altitude. I was driving back home from the local convenience
store around 9:30pm, and had just pulled onto my street in Golden Valley, when I
saw a flash in a cloud. It was roughly directly ahead of me, and at some unknown
altitude. I thought at first that it was an airliner with brighter strobe lights (the FAA is
always testing new anti-collision devices). I remarked out loud to myself, "He's too
low!". He was not only low, I felt, but also off course! That was definitely not the
approach to the Mpls/St.Paul airport that I'd seen any planes take. I pulled into the
garage, stowed my groceries, and decided to wander out to the deck since it was
so nice outside. I had been outside only a few seconds when I saw another flash. It
looked like the same one I'd seen before, but now it was southeast of me instead of
almost straight south. It came from the same cloud I'd seen earlier! (It was a very
large, white cloud, and unmistakable). I watched it for quite a while and noticed that
it flashed about every 30 seconds. Finally, I was able to see - very dimly - a
searchlight beam originating in the south, going around in a circle, and striking
something with each pass. When the beam made contact, something flashed in
the cloud. I had NEVER seen anything like this before! Why I didn't try to photograph
it or turn my binoculars on it, I'll never know. I simply stood there and thought, "Isn't
that interesting...." - knowing full well that it was very interesting, and unexplainable.
Finally, I went into the house and watched the 10 o'clock news til about 10:30. When
I came out again, the flashing was still continuing! I went in again, and came out at
perhaps 11:00pm. The clouds had now drifted away, but the flashing continued with
each sweep of the searchlight! Even though the clouds were gone, when it flashed,
there seemed to be a variable haze around the flash. This went on until midnight
when the searchlight quit. So it was hovering (?) near my house for at least 2 1/2
hours - possibly longer. It was late and 3 of my neighbors had young children at
that time, so I didn't feel comfortable calling them at 10:00 or 11:00pm or later, to
say, "Come out and look at this strobe light which flashes every 30 seconds...". I
mentioned it to a friend in our UFO group (an engineering type), and he had never
heard of anything like it either. I was able to triangulate its location using a city map
left over from the Street Light Project in our neighborhood, since I had 2 sightings of
the object from 2 different angles. This thing was located approximately over the
street or over a neighbor's house in front of my house! Frankly, I was flabbergasted -
even though the triangulation was simple, and could really have been done in my
head if I'd been thinking. Since that episode, I've purchased a videocamera and a
500,000 candlepower, hand-held, portable searchlight. Maybe next time (if there IS
a next time), I won't be so timid and mush-brained! Next time, I will videotape it, put
a searchlight on it, use the binoculars, and call a neighbor for corroboration.
***
Occurred : 3/21/2000 21:00 (Entered as : 03/21/00 21:00)
Reported: 3/23/2000 21:29
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Duluth, MN
Shape:
Duration:5 - 7 seconds
Pulsating star-like object described a semi-circle around the middle star of the
handle of the Big Dipper and then vanished. No object visible. Just a pulsating/
winking light ... one color (white). Sky was clear.
***
Apr., 2000 Reports
Issue: I..2-594
ABSTRACT: Triangle Ship Above Rochester Minnesota
DATE: 04/08/2000
HOUR: 21:03
DURATION: 1-5_minutes
LATITUDE: 92.29W
LONGITUDE: 44.01N
COUNTRY: USA
STATE_PROVINCE: MN
COUNTY: Olmstead
NEAR_TOWN_OR_CITY: Rochester
SITE: rural
SKY: clear
NUMBER_OBSERVED: 1
ELEVATION: 0-10_degrees
LOWEST_ALTITUDE: treetop
DISTANCE: 101-500_feet
FLIGHT: path_with_direction_change, hovering
DIRECT_FIRST_OBSVED: S
DIRECT_LAST_OBSVED: NW
SHAPE: triangle
SURFACE: dark
APPARENT_SIZE: larger
ACTUAL_SIZE: over_300_feet
SURFACE_COLOR: black
EXT_LIGHTS: steady, brightened
EXT_LIGHTS_COLOR: white
CHANGE_COLOR: no
PSYCH_DURING_EVENT: calmness, other
PSYCH_AFTER_EVENT: calmness, other
PHYSIO_DURING_EVENT: other
PHYSIO_AFTER_EVENT: other
We were driving home after dinner and we were in sight of our house. When we
rounded the corner There were many bright lights that all seemed to be a part of
some craft. It looked exactly like an airplane with its lights on,without the
airplane, but it just hovered therefor about a minute.We were all calm. Then
just as we turned at the intersection we had stopped at the object took off and
It flew away in an upward curved direction with a heavy bank to it. When turned
on its side in its turn I saw the triangle shape. The flat bottom of the
triangle was the front and the point was the back. It dissapered quickly.
***
Occurred : 4/13/2000 20:00 (Entered as : 04/13/00 20:00)
Reported: 4/16/2000 23:35
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Waite Park, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:30 seconds
A bright light was seen in the sky that remained stationary. We lost track of it
and then noticed a similar light in the northern sky. The light then faded away.
It was an overcast day with no sky visible, just clouds. My friend and I were
driving north on 2nd Ave S in Waite Park, MN when I noticed bright white light
in the western sky to my friend. I commented on it and asked my friend 'what
in the hell that was'. He thought it might have been an airplane, but I thought it
was too bright. I took my eye off the object when we neared an intersection. I
lost track of the light and dismissed it as mildly unusual. As we cleared the
intersection, still headed north bound we both noticed an identical light in the
northern sky. It was easy to follow, because we were driving in that direction.
We watched the light for approximately 5 seconds when it seemingly lost its
illumination slowly. It seemed to take a couple of seconds for the light to
disappear. When it did there was no visual evidence of anything else in the sky,
no aircraft, no nothing. By the way the light dissapated I thought it might be
some sort of flare, but there was no ascent or descent of the light, rather it
seemed to just disappear. It seemed possible that it may have been an aircraft,
but the light was too bright and didn't seem to move and with the cloud cover
being so great or distance of vision would have noticed a movement in an
aircraft. The light never blinked, but seemed to be greatly illuminated. There
were no towers or tall buildings in that area. In both cases the object appeared
to be around 30 degrees ascension. I would have dismissed one strange light,
but two in totally different areas of the sky in such short a length of time didn't
make any sense to me or my friend. The bright white light was not huge in
diameter. It seemed bigger than an airplane light. It was hard to gauge the
distance, but like I mentioned earlier, it was overcast so it couldn't of been
really far away. My witness and myself are in or mid 20's, don't do drugs, are
sane individuals who witnessed something unusual. Any feedback on other
simmilar sightings, or some sort of explanation would be great!
***
May, 2000 Reports
Sighting Date/Time: 5/12/00 maybe 11:45-12:10PM
Sighting Location: Sighting occured while on the beach of the
Minnesota river, approx 3 miles E-NE of Le Sueur, MN
Sighting Description: We were fishing on the bank of the Minnesota River.
We had all been watching for satelites and had even had 2 in perpendicular
orbits pass real close to one another (2" at arms-length I'd estimate)and
there was about 5 of us seeing it. We all thought that was cool. August
also sees an increase in meteoric activity, which we all took in. Skies
were mostly clear, humid, 70F, 1/2? moon in the West.
I had been left on the shore to watch the catfish lines while my friends
went back to town to get another 4X4 truck. I sat, watching satelites go
by, and the frequent falling stars, when I looked North to the lowest part
of the spoon in the Big Dipper constellation. I watched a light become
bright as it moved in what would become a S-SE direction. I assumed, that
the increase in light intensity was due to the sun's position below the
horizon, and the satelite entering the light from the long-set Sun. (We
know that as satelites move into the Earth's shadow, the light fades and
they disappear. And I grew up in the country with my dad's 8" reflector
Celestron with the Earth-clock tripod, so I know my way around the stars
well enough to hold the evening's conversation.)
Anyway, as I watched the "satelite" move, I noticed that it was a slower
speed than any of the (at least 6) satelites I had observed in that evening,
and suddely I saw another appear behind it, maybe 1/2" at arms-length at
perhaps 4 o'clock as looking at a clock. I thought that this was a treat,
since seeing two satelites in such proximity is rare, (if not totally
regulated "illegal" by some NASA trajectory-assignment committee). From
the time I saw the first, until the second appeared, was possibly 20 seconds.
At this point, they may have been 3/4 of the distance through an arc between
the horizon and a vertical axis going up through my body. As soon as I saw
the second, I had two reference points moving in the sky, and was
immediately aware that the speed of one was erratic at best. Using the
stars in the background, I was then able to verify that they traveled
less a trajectory, but rather in a meandering direction, neither holding
a constant speed at this point. The second never passed the first. Then,
as they were at a point I would describe as 11 O'clock, I saw the third.
I felt a rush of dissapointment that everyone had left. I watched the
three lights, and I hate to try and judge their altitude, but I would put
them as "orbit". If you were to hold a 30/60/90 triangle up in the air,
with the right-angle facing to your right, that is a good representation
of the "formation" they tried to hold, and the hypotenuese of the triangle
would be no larger than an inch at arms-length. They all seemed to
"inch-worm" across the sky, all wavering slightly in direction, still
traveling at what must have been an ungodly speed, with conservative
accelerations to what seemed to be trying to preserve the formation. At
this point, I had been watching them for problably 2 minutes, had taken
off my glasses, looked away, shook my head, opened a 7Up, looked back and
they were all still there. I shouted at them, waved, screamed at them
that their formation looked shitty, and began to realize that the third,
the dimmest of the three could not keep control. The second seemed to
act as a "chase-plane", like the Tigers that follow the Shuttle's entry.
Sometimes, the second would slow to alongside the third, making an
equalateral triangle, sometimes drop behind, but not for long. It seemed
intent on trying to hold its own position in the formation. I hate to
say it, but it seemed like none of them were keeping control. I watched
them for what I would estimate as 4.5-5 minutes, as they crossed the arc
of the sky. It actually became boring, as I wanted to see some of those
eye-blinking accelerations I have heard of. But they continued to stumble
their way across the sky at from my vantage seemed a languid, hap-hazardly
jaunt.
They faded out of light in the S-SE, as would a satelite re-entering the
Earth's shadow. That's one of the reasons I say their altitude was
orbit-level.
One of the most disturbing parts of this life-event was that I really was
not excited, during or after. Somehow, I have been de-sensitized, and I
wonder what that says about myself. I saw 3 UFOs last night, the first
time in my life I can really say "I can't say". If they were our military,
of which I am a vet, I should have studied math harder and become a pilot
of one of THESE. We certainly wouldn't need a 60 billion-dollar missile
defense system if we can jack-hop around in orbit, at what I would put at
something I would only say to the mirror as 18,000mph, with instant
25,000mph jumps. (Knowing average orbit speeds, and those "at rest" with
the rotation of the Earth, and all that space-trivia junk.) Who knows,
without a good distance reference, its all guesswork.
I try to live in the close-mindedness or quasi-denial of ET life superior
of our own, it makes going to work 5 days a week easier. This morning I
realized there was a video camera 15 feet away.
***
Occurred : 5/13/2000 23:30 (Entered as : 5/13/00 23:30)
Reported: 5/14/2000 05:09
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Randall, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:5 min.
Large dark triangle against the clouds with deep orange/yellow lights on
two of the three sides.
Large dark triangle against the clouds with deep orange/yellow lights on two
of the three sides.The object floated and rotated for about five minutes and
then seemed to maybe land somewhere off to the east of the highway. I rolled
down the windows to listen, but there was no sound. It moved very slowly, and
had to be about 1000-2000 feet wide.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 5/14/00 17:00 (Entered as : 5-14-2000 1700)
Reported : 5/14/00 22:51
Posted : 6/6/00
Location : Millston, WI
Shape : Disk I was traveling down us highway 12 near Millston Wi.
Car Suddenly killed and I had to coast to a stop. Car refused to
start. I got out to lift up the hood. I heard a sound coming down the
road from the east. I looked and it was a disk shape object that
looked like a huge top spinning on the road. I ran inside my car and
looked at it and it suddenly became airborne. It shot sraight up. It
did this at about 75 yards from my car. It scared the living hell out of
me. I did not tell anyone because they would not beleive me. I will
never travel this road again .I had to report this to someone and I
thought this was the best place. Also object made a humming
sound as it traveled on the road.
((NUFORC Note: Anonymous report. We would like to correspond
or speak with the individual who submitted the report. PD))
***
Occurred : 5/15/2000 22:00 (Entered as : 5/15/2000 22:00)
Reported: 5/31/2000 12:42
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Virginia, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:30secs
These objects were well lit of gold colors, in the shape of a boomerang, or a
batwing. from the size of a double fist to a little larger. Flew directly over the
downtown area of Virginia,Mn. I am an avid watcher of the day and night skies.
I have seen numerous craft over the ore mines in the area of the Iron Range
in northern Mn. Please contact me at ((address deleted)) please do I have
much info!!!!!!!!!
***
Occurred : 5/15/2000 22:50 (Entered as : 05/15/00 22:50)
Reported: 9/5/2001 01:52
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Shakopee, MN
Shape: Fireball
Duration:5 Sec
Fireball that changed course
Object was moving from south to north, below cloud cover. Speed and motion
resembled a meteor, except that object executed approx 5-10 degrees to western
sky in mid-course. Shortly afterward (1-2 sec) object was gone. ((NUFORC Note:
Date is approximate. Source is anonymous. PD))
***
June, 2000 Reports
WISCONSIN FLYING DISC LANDS
MILWAUKEE - Kenny Young reports he received a report from Vaughn and his
girlfriend who observed a UFO on Sunday morning June 4th, 2000. Liz and
Vaughn were sitting on top of a slide in the middle of a field in a southern
suburb of Milwaukee at 2:00 AM. Liz pointed out rather bright lights in the
sky and said, "Is that a UFO?" Vaughn says, the lights were very wide across
and it looked like the lights of a baseball stadium. I could see the dome
like shape of the craft in the air. I told her "It's a UFO, I'm serious,
lets get out of here!" The object was coming towards us but still appeared
to be about two miles away. Liz laughed because she thought I was trying to
scare her, but she soon realized I was serious. We stared for a few more
seconds, when the craft turned sharply to the right, and it hovered about a
mile away. We ran to our car that parked on the street. Liz exclaimed, "The
craft was landing, almost like it was going down stairs." We got in my car
and drove toward it. We spotted it sitting on the road about five blocks
away. Again, it appeared to be coming towards us, so I turned the car
around. When I looked in my rearview mirror, it was gone. We are both
16-year-old high school students. We're not stupid, or on drugs. We both
have high grades in school. Whatever we saw on the ground was what we saw in
the sky. Thanks, Kenny Young at UFO Research
http://home.fuse.net/ufo/ufo@fuse.net
***
Occurred : 6/4/2000 02:00 (Entered as : 06/04/00, 02:00)
Reported : 6/11/2000 00:21
Posted : 6/21/2000
Location : Milwaukee (South), WI
Shape : Disk We saw a bright row of lights in the sky attached
to a saucer-shaped craft. We saw the craft land in a nearby street and
approached it We saw a bright set of lights in the sky (like stadium lights)
that appeared to be about 1 1/2 away. The lights dimmed. The craft made a
sharp turn to the right and hovered. We ran to our car. We saw the craft
land through the bushes. It landed almost like it was going down stairs.
We drove about 1/2 mile twords it and saw the craft in the middle of the
street. It appeared to be moving twords us. We Y-turned and when we
looked back it was gone completely. ((NUFORC Note: We received no
other reports from this area for this time. The witness, a student, does not
state what he and his friends were doing at the time of the sighting. PD))
.....my notes.....i saw this far, far off in the sky, and wouldn't have noticed it
at all except i happened to stare at the same area for awhile, and noticed
that this 'star' was very slowly moving. i'm not sure of the exact time, but
at this point it was quite dim, like a star on it's way out...quite a clever
disguise...i had seen this once before about 5 years ago, and pretty much
just as soon as i started thinking about how 5 years ago the 'star' turned
into an EXTREMELY bright spherical row of lights (stadium lights), this
'star' did the same...these were very obviously seperated lights, not any
kind of trail from a shooting star...i've seen plenty of shooting stars when i
was younger up north, and this was nothing like those...even though this
was very far off in the distance, once the 'star' turned to the bright lights,
they were almost blinding....then it just 'hovered' for maybe 20-40
seconds, and it kind of freaked me out, as i got the sensation that
whatever it was, be it government, alien or spirit, it felt like i was being
watched, and as soon as i thought this it turned back into the 'star' started
moving quite fast and just disappeared .....i was letting my dogs out when i
saw this.....also, when it shifted appearances, it was like it was 'morphing',
like it was actually taking on different properties....i'm surprised not more
people noticed it, at least the little while that it was so incredibly bright, but
i suppose the majority of city people don't care about nature anymore
((NUFORC Note: This report is submitted anonymously. PD))
***
Posted : 6/6/00
Location : Sun Prairie, WI
Shape : Unknown 3 beams of light, silent, 7 other lights - South
Central WI
The object was silent, hovering approximately 200 feet from the
road above a empty farm field. It was approximate 3-4 stories high
(in relation to a building) and sat there silent. It emitted 3 dim beams
of light downward while it also had a "plus" shape of lights in a row
of 3 one way and 4 the other way. As I watched it, it gently moved
away from me, and made no noise at all. It did not speed away, it
barely moved. Very interesting. Not in a flight pattern as I had just
come from the airport and flew in from Chicago as well.
***
Occurred : 6/8/2000 01:00 (Entered as : 06/08/2000 0100)
Reported: 6/29/2000 22:09
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Ely, MN
Shape: Diamond
Duration:1 min
We were camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on Basswood Lake near
Ely, Minnesota. That particular evening we fished until 11:00pm and returned to
camp to build a fire. My little brother had went to sleep in the tent while myself and
our other couterpart went to the point to observe the stars. We admired the scenery
for a while when we noticed a star that appeared to be descending from the sky. It
was a blue diamond shaped object that seemed to be falling from the sky. We
became aprehensive when the object began to descent twoard us. As the object
became closer I was contemplating my escape, which would be impossible through
the enourmous amout of dense forest and underbush however, my main concern
was my little brother asleep in the tent 100 feet behind us. We said if the object
made it to the island 350 yards infront of us we were going to make a break for it.
All of a sudden the object make a complete 90 degree turn and headed directly
north at a speed that I can not even estimate. Immediately after we seen this
phenomenon we decided to turn in for the night. To this day my counterpart and I
still have the same exact recollection of that particular evening. I was wondering if
any of the other campers on Basswood at that time had observed the same
experience. I know that the object flew direclty over another capsite on the adjourinig
point beore heading north to Canada. I am reluctant to submit my personal
information for fear of riducule and to protect my professional reputatuion. This
was second of my sighings while camping as a teenager near Clinton Lake,
Lawrence Kansas in the late 80's a myself and a friend observed an object that
would split into several smaller objects and would all of a sudden reapperar from
all directions to form one object for a multi hour duration.
((NUFORC Note: Anonymous report.))
***
Occurred : 6/9/2000 23:00 (Entered as : 06/09/00 23:00)
Reported: 1/14/2001 14:19
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Circle Pines, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:15 sec.
flaring white light
We were sitting outside when a white light, which was at that moment stationary,
gradually flared very bright and large. It was perfectly silent and seemed far away
even when it was at its largest. Then it reduced its size and emanation and began
moving--it must have been very fast because it seemed like it was moving outward
into space. It grew smaller and disappeared in a very small distance from where it
had been stationary. Exactly 2 weeks later and at just about the same time we saw
it again, exactly as we'd seen it the first time.
((NUFORC Note: Sighting is consistent with the flare of an Iridium satellite. PD))
***
Occurred : 6/15/2000 02:00 (Entered as : 2000 02:00)
Reported: 2/3/2002 3:25:28 AM 03:25
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Oakdale, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:
I couldnt really see because it was at night but it was a round shape and it looked
as tho it was flying under an airplane or following it because there was also an
airplane right next to it. it had many little lights on the side of it and it was traveling
at high speeds as though it was trying to keep up with the plane.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous. PD))
***
Occurred : 6/15/2000 18:30 (Entered as : 6/15/00 18:30)
Reported: 6/29/2002 7:50:49 PM 19:50
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Chanhassen, MN
Shape: Disk
Duration:5 seconds
I saw a quick glimpse of two dark orange sandy colored saucers probably about 20
feet each in diameter.
The two objects seemed like they were dodging each other but they were the exact
same shape and color which was like a dark orange sandy looking saucer. I only
saw them for about 5 seconds because i looked up when me and my mom were
turning in a car and i couldn't see them any more because a lot of tree's were in
the way. ((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate. PD))
***
Occurred : 6/17/2000 02:50 (Entered as : 6/17/2000 02:50)
Reported : 6/18/2000 13:24
Posted : 6/21/2000
Location : Sheboygan, WI
Shape : Unknown Unusual Three points of light formation travel across
sky in a northeast direction at 02:50 6/17/00
I am an amateur astronomer. On the early morning of 6/17/00 I awoke early
and decided to go outside on my open sky back porch and observe the
sky since it was a beautiful clear sky. There was a full moon out so the sky
was fairly bright but still quite clear. I was enjoying the sky seeing several
meteors and a few satellites. At aprox 02:50 am I notices some movement
almost directly straight up from my position. The object or objects were
extremely high (I can only guess as high as most satellites). The thing that
was extremely odd was that this object or objects had three distinct
equally bright points of light that all moved in formation at exactly the
same speed and direction. The direction of travel was toward the
northeast. The distance between each point of light was about the width
of a thumbnail at arms length. The object formed an equilateral triangle
with a single point of light in the front of the object (northeast side). The
color of each point of light was bright white (similiar to a bright satelite).
The object or objects traveled in a straight line of direction at a constant
speed. If it had been only one point of light I would have believed this to
be a satelite. I have never seen a satelite with three points of light. I am
sure this was not a common flying object because it had to be at an
extremely high altitude. The object traveled at about the same speed as
most satellites.
((NUFORC Note: We believe that the witness describes three satellites that
orbit in formation, and which have been reported to us on numerous
occasions. We suspect that they are the three "N.O.S.S." satellites that are
reported to have been placed in orbit under a U. S. Navy program. Mr.
Terence Dickinson, journalist for the Toronto (Canada) Star newspaper
investigated the phenomenon during the summer of 1996, when the
satellites were first reported by astronomers, and many other sky
watchers. If anyone can provide NUFORC with more information about the
satellites, we would be grateful. PD))
***
Occurred : 6/21/2000 23:15 (Entered as : 6/21/00 23:15pm)
Reported: 6/21/2000 23:06
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Peter (outskirts of), MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:1min
Bright yellowins green extrmely fast cirular object leaving a light trail as it traveled
upward out of sight
The object seen was a circular object seen in the eastern skies. IT was a bright
yellowinsh green color. Its motion was faster then any of us had ever seen before,
the object travel back and forth and an extrodinary speed. At this point a spot light
of great magnitude could have been the result but as we continued to watch this
object in the sky it began to move faster, it mad 2 or 3 quick moments upward,
then a great burst of speed it took off upward into the sky. It had a light trail and left
what seemed to be a vapor trail. By our understanding, the only possible way
something is able to leave a light trail is if it is traveling the speed of light or beyond,
but not positive about that fact. Me as well as the other witnesses have pnndered
the sighting and an ufo is the only reasonable thing that we ahve agreed on.
***
June 22, 2000 sighting
A man living in Hastings had taken a part-time
job as a night janitor. On the eveing of June 22,
2000 he was carrying bags out to a dumpster
when his attention was directed to eight
spherical white lights in the northern sky. Subjectively,
he felt that each of the lights appeared to be the
size of a full moon, that they were possibly
200 - 300 feet away from him at an altitude of
200 feet, and at an angle up at 45 degrees. It
was at about 11:00 PM. The witness estimated
the actual size of each light as similar to that of
a "washtub."
The interesting aspect of the encounter was the
behavior of the objects. They existed in pairs as
one might imagine two baseballs close together,
but not touching. The pairs would be briefly
located at the 12:00, 3:00. 6:00, and 9:00 positions,
then quickly move simultaneously in a clockwise
circular path to new positions at the opposite side
of the circle.
The witness watched them for a while and then walked
back into the building to continue his work. As he did
so, it was his impression that the group moved
parallel with him while continuing their rapid
intermittent circling around a common center.
After working for a few minutes he decided to go out
and look at them again. They were still there and
maneuvering.
He went back into the clinic but would walk over to a
window from time to time and see the objects still in
the sky. Once more he went outside but the objects
were gone. The incident had lasted for about twenty
minutes.
He called the sheriff to inquire if others had seen
lights in the sky, but there had been no such reports.
A possible explanation would suggest some kind of
advertising searchlight reflected off clouds. At some
point the investigation will resume in attempting to
see if there has ever been such a spotlight used
in Hastings, and if so, if it was in use on the night
of June 22, 2000.
***
Occurred : 6/22/2000 22:35 (Entered as : 06/22/00 22:35)
Reported : 6/23/2000 10:11
Posted : 7/11/2000
Location : Green Bay, WI
Shape : Light Satilite looking dot that would "streak" every minute or so.
06-23-2000 Last night I was out having a smoke watching the SE sky and
noticed a light in the corner of my eye. At first I thought it was just a
satillite but it blinked in and out - almost a three or four second pulse.
When it was not "pulsed" or lit up, it was really hard to see. then my wife
noticed a second one. Normally I would just shrug this sighting off as
"explainable" until they would "flash" or "streak" What I'm saying is, they
kept on their path heading NW (went through Big Dipper - eventually) and
as they traveled they would throw off this very bright "Streak" about 10
times longer than they were. It was if they were turning on massive bright
"headlights". Pretty neat.
((NUFORC Note: This incident occurred approximately 5 minutes after an
airline pilot on the east coast reported having an anomalous, apparently
non-aerodynamic, object streak past his aircraft, within approximately 50
vertical feet of his right wing. PD))
***
Occurred : 6/25/2000 21:00 (Entered as : 06/25/00 21:00)
Reported : 6/26/2000 20:10
Posted : 7/11/2000
Location : Little Chute - Appleton, WI
Shape : Fireball My sister and I saw this unusual fireball in the sky.
My sister and i were driving to the mall when going on to Highway 41 i
noticed something oval in the sky.... it looked like a fire ball in the sky. But
as we both looked at it closer we could see an oval shape on the top of it
and sometimes we could see an oval shape on the bottom of it also. There
was a black dot in the front of the fireball. It was below the clouds.
travelling up towards the right. as we were going south on highway 41
between N and Wisconsin Ave. I'm not sure what it was and it would make
my sister feel better if she found out what it was.
***
Occurred : 6/29/2000 21:00 (Entered as : 6/29/00 21:00)
Reported: 6/30/2000 00:37
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Shape: Sphere
Duration:4 seconds
Light over minneapolis
I was driving home from work at 9p.m. I peripherly saw a light so I looked up and
what I saw was a round light about a mile away similar to a shooting star that had
entered earths atmosphere, but it did not break up, it stayed the same. It went down
to the ground very fast. I estimate the altitude at about 5000 feet above ground level.
It must have been going over a thousand miles per hour. I thought maybe it was a
firework, being the july fourth weekend. However, I did not see any fireworks in the
area before or after the sighting. To me, this was a ufo. It is possible that this is
explainable, and not out of this world, but it traveled faster than anything manmade
(airplane, etc.)
***
Occurred : 6/30/2000 22:40 (Entered as : 6/30/00 10:40pm)
Reported: 7/1/2000 00:56
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: St. Paul, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:5 minutes
Bright White light in Orbit. suddenly dimmed in brightness. flew southwest to
northeast, Witnessed By 2 people.
Object appeared to be in orbit(possibly a satellite, but was moving very quickly)
flying from Southwest to Northeast. When I first sighted this object it was glowing
bright white, Then suddenly change to a dim color.. could of been a satellite, but
when i kept my eyes on the object i could see a dim outline around it of something
bigger that wasnt lit.. got on the net right after i saw this , writing this 10 minutes
after sighting... thank you.
***
July, 2000 Reports
HOVERING UFO SPOTTED IN DAIRYLAND, WISCONSIN
On Monday, July 3, 2000, at 10 p.m., eyewitness Edward P. and a small
group of friends were camped out in a wooded area near the Ratigan Dam
in Dairyland, Wisconsin (population 40) when they spotted a UFO
hovering nearby. "Two of the friends went for a walk a little after
dark, only to come back and get me. They brought me a very short
distance from our (camp) site and asked me what I saw."
"About a half-mile away, maybe further, we saw two levels of lights,
one at the lower portion of the distant tree line, the other closer to
the top of the trees. It didn't look like fog, and we could barely
make out the trees near the lighted areas. Shortly after that, we
walked back to our site."
"While talking about the lights" with their other friends, Edward
added, "I noticed a very distant light in the sky, moving very
quickly. I called to my friends to check this out, as there were no
blinking lights like an airplane would make. We watched the circle of
light move from east to west very fast, and then it stopped for just a
split-second, and then sped away, either out of the atmosphere or just
out of our general space."
Dairyland, Wis. is just east of the Minnesota state line and is
located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) due south of the twin ports of
Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. (Many thanks to Jim Aho of
the W-Files for this report.) (Editor's Note: Northwestern Wisconsin
has long been a UFO hotspot here in the USA.)
***
MORE UFOs SIGHTED OVER WISCONSIN
On Monday, July 10, 2000, at 7 p.m., two men
"were having a break outside the factory where we work"
in Tomah, Wisconsin (population 7,570) when "we both
saw a cigar-shaped object to the north and (another) one
to the south. They were silver in color, and this was at
7 p.m. (Still daylight. Sunset in Wisconsin that day was
around 9 p.m.--J.T.) Both were traveling slowly--too slow
to be a plane. They were too low to be a commercial jet.
After about a minute and a half of watching, they speeded up
to a terrific speed and disappeared. We are sure this
object wasn't any type of man-made aircraft. It was a
real strange event we witnessed."
Tomah is on Wisconsin Highway 16 about 170 miles
(272 kilometers) northwest of Milwaukee.
On Sunday, June 25, 2000, two girls were driving on
Highway 41 in Little Chute, Wis., a suburb of Appleton,
when they saw something strange in the sky.
"My sister and I saw this unusual fireball in the sky,"
one of the witnesses reported, "We were driving to the mall
and, when going on to Highway 41, I noticed something
oval in the sky. It looked like a fireball in the sky. But, as
we both looked at it closer, we could see an oval shape on
the top of it and sometimes we could seen an oval shape
on the bottom of it, also. There was a black dot in front of
the fireball. It was below the clouds, traveling up towards
the right, as we were going south on Highway 41 I'm not
sure what it was, and it would make my sister feel better
if she could find out what it was." (Many thanks to Peter
Davenport of the National UFO Reporting Center for these
reports.)
***
Sighting Date/Time: July 24th approx. 10 PM
Sighting Location: just north of minneapolis on interstate 35
Sighting Description: Me and my father were driving north from minneapolis
to duluth when i noticed a bright light just above the treetops on the east
side of the interstate.he noticed it too but we both thought it was a helicopter
hovering.as we got next to it the bright light was gone but i got a good side
view of it. it was triangular with a blue light in front and white lights on the back
two corners.my father didn't see the side view because of the traffic and he
was concentrating on his driving.i was just curious to know what it was or if
anyone else had reported seeing it.i don't think it was a helicopter because
the lights on it were not flashing and i got to see it up close.iv'e seen many
helicopters but never one that looked like this.
***
Aug., 2000 Reports
Occurred : 8/5/2000 23:55 (Entered as : 08/05/00 23:55)
Reported: 8/27/2000 19:02
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: LeSueur, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:4.5 to 5 minutes
Saw 3 satellite-like objects move from Big Dipper to SSE part of sky in varying
formation over about 5 minutes.
Sighting Date/Time: August 5, 2000, maybe 11:45-12:10PM Sighting Location:
Sighting occurred while on the beach of the Minnesota river, approx 3 miles
E-NE of Le Sueur, MN Sighting Description: We were fishing on the bank of the
Minnesota River. We had all been watching for satellites and had even had 2 in
perpendicular orbits pass real close to one another (2" at arms-length I'd estimate)
and there was about 5 of us seeing it. We all thought that was cool. August also
sees an increase in meteoric activity, which we all took in. Skies were mostly clear,
humid, 70F, 1/2? moon in the West. I had been left on the shore to watch the
catfish lines while my friends went back to town to get another 4X4 truck. I sat,
watching satellites go by, and the frequent falling stars, when I looked North to the
lowest part of the spoon in the Big Dipper constellation. I watched a light become
bright as it moved in what would become a S-SE direction. I assumed, that the
increase in light intensity was due to the sun's position below the horizon, and the
satellite entering the light from the long-set Sun. (We know that as satellites move
into the Earth's shadow, the light fades and they disappear. And I grew up in the
country with my dad's 8" reflector Celestron with the Earth-clock tripod, so I know
my way around the stars well enough to hold the evening's conversation.) Anyway,
as I watched the "satellite" move, I noticed that it was a slower speed than any of
the (at least 6) satellites I had observed in that evening, and suddenly I saw another
appear behind it, maybe 1/2" at arms-length at perhaps 4 o'clock as looking at a
clock. I thought that this was a treat, since seeing two satellites in such proximity is
rare, (if not totally regulated "illegal" by some NASA trajectory-assignment
committee). From the time I saw the first, until the second appeared, was possibly
20 seconds. At this point, they may have been 3/4 of the distance through an arc
between the horizon and a vertical axis going up through my body. As soon as I
saw the second, I had two reference points moving in the sky, and was immediately
aware that the speed of one was erratic at best. Using the stars in the background,
I was then able to verify that they traveled less a trajectory, but rather in a meandering
direction, neither holding a constant speed at this point. The second never passed
the first. Then, as they were at a point I would describe as 11 O'clock, I saw the third.
I felt a rush of disappointment that everyone had left. I watched the three lights, and
I hate to try and judge their altitude, but I would put them as "orbit". If you were to hold
a 30/60/90 triangle up in the air, with the right-angle facing to your right, that is a good
representation of the "formation" they tried to hold, and the hypotenuse of the triangle
would be no larger than an inch at arms-length. They all seemed to "inch-worm"
across the sky, all wavering slightly in direction, still traveling at what must have
been an ungodly speed, with conservative accelerations to what seemed to be trying
to preserve the formation. At this point, I had been watching them for probably 2
minutes, had taken off my glasses, looked away, shook my head, opened a 7Up,
looked back and they were all still there. I shouted at them, waved, screamed at
them that their formation looked shitty, and began to realize that the third, the dimmest
of the three could not keep control. The second seemed to act as a "chase-plane",
like the Tigers that follow the Shuttle's entry. Sometimes, the second would slow to
alongside the third, making equilateral triangle, sometimes drop behind, but not for
long. It seemed intent on trying to hold its own position in the formation. I hate to say
it, but it seemed like none of them were keeping control. I watched them for what I
would estimate as 4.5-5 minutes, as they crossed the arc of the sky. It actually
became boring, as I wanted to see some of those eye-blinking accelerations I have
heard of. But they continued to stumble their way across the sky at from my vantage
seemed a languid, haphazardly jaunt. They faded out of light in the S-SE, as would
a satellite re-entering the Earth's shadow. That's one of the reasons I say their altitude
was orbit-level.
***
MINNESOTA LIGHTS
MINNESOTA RIVER - MUFON's William I. McNeff reports
that a witness observed lights while night fishing on August 5, 2000,
at 11:45 to 12:10 PM three miles east of Le Sueur. The witness says,
"I was watching the catfish lines and the frequent falling stars, when
I looked north to the lowest part of the spoon in the Big Dipper
constellation. I watched a light become bright as it moved in what
would become a southerly direction. I assumed, that the increase in
light intensity was due to the sun's reflection on a satellite. I
noticed that it was a slower speed than any of the other six
satellites I had observed earlier that evening. I saw another light
appear behind it that was maybe 1/2" at arm's-length. From the time I
saw the first, until the second appeared, was 20 seconds. The speed of
one was erratic at best. Using the stars in the background, I was able
to verify that they traveled less a trajectory, but rather in a
meandering direction, neither holding a constant speed. The second
never passed the first. Then, as they were at a point I would describe
as 11 O'clock, I saw the third. They seemed to "inch-worm" across the
sky, all wavering slightly in direction, in a loose formation. The
second seemed to act as a "chase-plane", like the Tigers that follow
the Shuttle's entry. Sometimes, the second would slow to alongside
the third, making equilateral triangle, sometimes drop behind, but not
for long. It seemed intent on trying to hold its own position in the
formation. I watched them for 5 minutes, as they crossed the arc of
the sky. They faded out of light in the S-SE, as would a satellite
re-entering the Earth's shadow. That's one of the reasons I say their
altitude was orbit-level. Thanks to Jeffrey Pekarna. Le Sueur and
MUFON's William I. McNeff
***
Occurred : 8/8/2000 22:25 (Entered as : 08/08/00 22:25)
Reported: 8/9/2000 08:53
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Shorewood, MN
Shape: Sphere
Duration:5 minutes
Orange Orb seen flying around town in Minnesota.
An orange orb flew out of the treen line at about 10:25pm approximately 200 yards
east of my house, I assume out of the nearby park. It flew south just above the
treeline for about a minute. Then the orb stopped dimmed a little and then seemed
to be flashing brigther than it was before. The orb then took the same path back for
about half the way, stopped, slowly dimmed and went below the treeline at
approximately 10:30pm.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 8/20/2000 21:00 (Entered as : 08/20/2000 21:00)
Reported: 5/17/2004 7:46:11 PM 19:46
Posted: 6/4/2004
Location: White Bear Lake, MN
Shape: Unknown
Duration:10 minutes
2 flashing lights in the sky, circle counter clockwise one on right goes behind moon and they
moved away from each other
Two "crafts" that looked like bright white stars stood out on the left side of the crescent moon.
The lights flashed brightly every few seconds, bright as two headlights on an approaching
car. This is the best way I can describe them. They were really bright, but not bright enough
to light up the sky. They began to circle each other, very slowly in a clockwise direction.
The lights crept away from each other across the horizon. The light that was moving to the
right made me think. The shadow on the moon is cast by the earth. The flashing light did not
show up on the shadow. That light must have traveled behind the moon. I'm not sure the
exact date of this experience but my mom and i were putting the sprinklers away for the
night so i assume it was late august or more towards early spring perhaps april or may.
Everyone i talked to about this said they had never heard of anything like it. We should've
reported it as soon as it happened, but we didn't and i've been trying to figure out what the
lights could've been ever since. I'm curious if anyone else has ever seen ne thing like this.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
****
Occurred : 8/21/2000 01:38 (Entered as : 8-21-2000 01:38a.m)
Reported : 10/4/2000 07:08
Posted : 12/2/2000
Location : Blaine, MN
Shape : Changing
4 shapeshifting craft checks out humans...
my girlfriend and i were driving around in the wooded area of were we live...we were
on our way to a friends house when she noticed the u.f.o.to the left of the car about
2 miles away from us...we stopped the car and got out...i grabbed my video camera
and started filming...they were 4 craft in a dimamond shape flight pattern...there was
no definate shape...they appeared to change shape kind of like a liquid metal...they
stayed in place for about 45 seconds when they started to move toward us...like they
knew we were there...we quickly got in the car and started to drive...they moved right
over us and then the car just stopped...then all we could see was a yellowish red light...
i thought this stuff only happened in the movies....i'd say this went on for 2 minutes...
we were freaked out...when suddenly the light was gone...i looked out the car window
to see the craft disapear into the sky... ((NUFORC Note: We have requested a report
from the second witness, and illustrations from both of them. We will post them when
the arrive. PD))
***
Occurred : 8/22/2000 21:45 (Entered as : 08/22/00 21:45)
Reported: 8/23/2000 12:22
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Wabasha, MN
Shape: Flash
Duration:15 sec
The rate of speed and no sound
I just happen to step out last night to see what the weather was like, so as if we
should open up the house. I know it was over cast and I could hear a commercial
air liner in the distance. As I looked up I saw a bright flash, similar to a strobe light
on an aircraft , what caught my attention , was the time and distance between
flashes. No plane I've ever seen could travel that fast between flashes, and what
was even more strange, there was no sound, absouletly none. Like I said there
was a distant sound of a jet , and that was still heard after this object was long gone.
It moved from the southeast toward the northwest, like from Winona MN to
Minneapolis, MN. The total time I observed this object, couldn't have been morre
than 15 secs. I know for sure I saw 3 flashes, then due to my location where I was
standing, with trees and the house, buy the time I changed my stand for another
view, it was gone. It was overcast, and I'm not sure what the ceiling was, but it's
my guess it had to be less then 3000' and it definitely was under the overcast.
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 8/23/2000 18:30 (Entered as : 08/23/2000 18:30)
Reported: 10/10/2004
Posted: 10/27/2004
Location: Duluth, MN
Shape: Formation
Duration:5 min.
Unexplained lights over Lake Superior
I was sitting waiting for a friend in front of my window which has an
excellent expansive view of Lake Superior and the Duluth harbor. I
noticed clusters of four bright lights in seven groupings flying from
northwest to southeast over the lake and harbor. At first I thought they
may be seagulls reflecting the light from the setting sun off of their
bodies or wings but the lights stayed constant and never varied in
distance or intensity from one to the other. I further believe I would
not have been able to see them at all if the light had not been just right.
((NUFORC Note: Date may be approximate, although the witness does
not indicate that fact. PD))
***
Occurred : 8/31/2000 20:43 (Entered as : 08/31/00 20:43)
Reported: 8/31/2000 19:05
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Columbia Heights, MN
Shape: Other
Duration:6 seconds
It was reddish and had rays comming out of it like when you look at the sun.
When me and my friends were playing football we took a brake and when i looked
up I saw an odd reddish object that had rays comming around it like when u look
at the sun it was pretty dark and that's why it sorta stuck out to me once i realized
wat i saw i told ran to my computer and reported it.
***
Sept., 2000 Reports
Occurred : 9/1/2000 22:00 (Entered as : 9/00 22:00)
Reported: 10/8/2002
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Pipestone (20-30 miles north of), MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration: 5-10 minutes
silent low flying "cloaked" Triangle in Minnesota/South Dakota
It was about 10pm and we were driving south of an area in MN known as Buffalo Ridge
at about this time I looked out my window of the car I was in the seat behind the driver
but anyway as i looked out the window i saw a craft maybe no more than about 100-200
feet off the ground and was in the shape of an equallatteral triangle with a light on every
point as it passed over us the driver stopped the car the kid sitting next to me stayed in
the car and me and my dad got out to look at it as it came over us we noticed that there
was no sound coming from it no sound of a jet or propeller or anything and one of the
straight sides of the triangle was the leading edge, the craft moved very slowly from the
NE to the SW in the matter of about 20-25 minutes after it passed over us we could also
see through it like it was "cloaked" I could see stars through the perimeter inside of the
triangle thats why i think it was cloaked but the stars looked like they were distorted from
heat kind of like when u look at something through the heat of a grill but after it passed
we got in the car and continued to atch it fly in the same direction until we couldnt see
it anymore which was until we made it to just outside of Souix Falls, South Dakota more
than 70 miles from where we had spotted it and by that time the craft was well into
S. Dakota
***
Occurred : 9/10/2000 21:10 (Entered as : 09/10/2000 21:10)
Reported: 9/10/2000 20:06
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Hermantown, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:5 minutes
my feiance and I were driving home from a weekend out of town. We were driving
south on hwy 53 just north of hermantown minnesota..When we noticed a rather
low flying aircraft with a whole aray of lights coming from it.....Not like a normal jet
with lights flashing and headlights blaring forwards. The lights on this craft were
emanating from it....they were very bright and there where many of them....At first
we could just see a side profile and it was very difficult to make out a shape...as it
got closer it came along side of the freeway with us and you could make out a
shape that being a trianglular and very large with 9 lights on the bottom..six yellow,
three green, and one red at the very rear....The aircraft was about 100 feet above
our heads and made no noise what so ever.......
***
Occurred : 9/20/2000 22:57 (Entered as : 09/20/00 22:57)
Reported: 9/20/2000 22:08
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Marshall, MN
Shape: Triangle
Duration:5 SECONDS
A flattened out "V", made up of many pinpoints of light glided silently, smoothly,
but quickly over-head
I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I first thought it was the "V" formation
of a flock of birds. I cupped my ear to listen, but it made absolutely no sound. It
glided smoothly but quickly from the North towards a South-southeasterly direction.
It spanned the portion of sky from Hercules to Capricornus (where I lost it behind
the trees) in about 5 seconds. It was shaped like a flattened out "V". At arms length
it was about 3" across and about 1" long. It's shape was made up of many pinpoints
of white lights, not brilliant, about as bright as the average star. It was a perfectly
clear night, the moon had not risen yet. I was outside just gazing at how spectacular
the milky way looked when I saw it. My background: 37 year old male, I own a
hardware store, I have a college degree in marketing and management, I am an
avid starwatcher, I own a telescope, I do not believe in extraterrestrial life but I am
miffed by what I just saw.
***
Occurred : 9/21/2000 04:00 (Entered as : 09/21/00 04:00)
Reported: 9/25/2000 08:15
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Dent, MN
Shape: Light
Duration:2 1/2 hours
Very bright light plus red and green lights in southeastern sky - seen for 2 1/2
hours, then moved off south.
A BRIGHT light, such as landing lights on a commerical jet approaching at a distance
of several miles, plus red and green flashing lights. Stayed in one location for quite a
time, and then moved higher and lower a bit (jerking movements up, down and to the
south, and then over about 2 hours gradually moved to the southwest and higher and
eventually it became nearer, and then dawn came and we could no longer view it.
There is no commerical airport within over 75 miles of here - and we NEVER see any
landing lights here -- also, we have never seen landing lights with the interposed
flashing red and green lights.
((NUFORC Note: Report seems to us to be reminiscent of a "twinkling" star. PD))
***
Occurred : 9/23/2000 20:25 (Entered as : 09/23/00 20:25)
Reported : 9/23/2000 18:38
Posted : 12/2/2000
Location : Rosemount, MN
Shape : Triangle
A craft that blew are minds
The craft had 3 white lights no tail and a red flashing light. The 2 white lights after
these lights on the same level as these lights was the red light. The other white light
was at the the VERY front of the plane. We saw no "bubble" where a person would sit.
It made a VERY tight turn a turnisappered. We heard noise and the plane was at
about 5,000 ft. TO LOW for this area. The FAA does not allow planes that low in this
area. It had the shape of a stealh BUT WAS very different as we heard a lot of noise.
*****
MINNESOTA RED, GREEN AND WHITE STAR
MINNEAPOLIS -- Zapp Jones reports, "This past Sunday, September 24, 2000, my
dad stepped outside around 8:20 PM and noticed an unusual light in the north
20 degrees off the horizon, just to it's left was the Big Dipper." He called
us out to watch. With the naked eye and 10 X 25 binoculars we watched as it
appeared to shift up and down and left and right. It definitely rotated
inconsistently the colors of white, green and red. We are seeing this from
the country side an hour north of Minneapolis. As time elapsed and the earth
rotated the object remained the same distance from the Big Dipper and moved
higher off the horizon and to the northeast. An hour and a half later others
were called, and they saw it too. To them it also appeared to shift quickly
in different directions. Monday night was clear and the object was back in
the exact same place at 8:00 PM and rotated to the NE over the next couple of
hours, however the quick movements were not present. On Tuesday night it
appeared again and my son mentioned it to his professor during their evening
astronomy class. They spotted it with naked eyes and then brought out the
telescope and could clearly see the inconsistent change of colors, red, green
and white. Again the object did not appear to make any movement, as it did
on Sunday. My sons professor was unable to explain what it was but was
curious and was looking into it. He ruled out any type of satellite that he
was aware of and knew of no planet that would emit a continuous rotation of
color or move in the description we gave him of Sundays viewing. Tonight
when we checked we could not see the object. Thanks to Z Peterson,
zap157@hotmail.com
***
Date: 9-24-00
Time: 9:00
Sighting City: West Saint Paul
Sighting State: mn
Number of Craft: 1
Witnesses: 2
Shape: Disk
Aura: Yes
Electrical: Yes
Description:
Well me and my dad were coming back from our lake. Then
my dad said "look up there" and when I looked up there was
a space ship! Well it in space it was not a star because
it was much much brighter and it looked like a saucer. Then
as we were looking at it in a blink of a eye it was gone!!!
****
Occurred : 9/26/2000 13:00 (Entered as : 9-26-2000 01:00pm)
Reported: 9/26/2000 11:09
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Jordan, MN
Shape: Cigar
Duration:2 minutes
It was cigar shaped with a fin shaped tail it was very quiet it was silver and then
changed to blue
***
Oct., 2000 Reports
Occurred : 10/4/2000 22:45 (Entered as : 10/04/00 22:45)
Reported : 2/26/2001 08:52
Posted : 3/6/2001
Location : New Brighton, MN
Shape : Disk
Flying Saucers Over Lake in St. Paul!
I was looking up to observe the full moon that was coming over the horizon, and
there they were, right over the lake. 5 flying saucers hovering over Long Lake. They
made white streaks in in the atmoshpere as they slowly moved twords me. Then all
of the sudden, a very large flash occured, and they rocketed straight twords the
heavens. Each spacecraft was around 10 feet in diameter. They hoverd out on the
lake for almost ten minuets before leaving. My parents and friends did not belive me
when I told them. They craft were mysteriously silent.
*****
Occurred : 10/9/2000 23:35 (Entered as : 10/9/00 11:35pm)
Reported : 4/15/2001 23:13
Posted : 4/28/2001
Location : Minnetonka, MN
Shape : Changing
I have a mini web site attached with my signature that is 3 pages, containing 30
images of UFO"s videtaped by myself, with a sony 8m/m.
As you'll see if my mini web site with 30 images I froze onto my webtv via my
VCR makes it. The images each speak for themselves, except for the last image.
It shows something quite different on "Night Shot" IR light, that spans IR light for
about 10 feet, that is of course invisable to the human eye. Check out the last IR
image because it says alot, and this image preceeded a beautiful low flying light
that unknown to me at the time and just noticed was captured on my 8m/m Sony
camcorder. I have not yet put this sequence of video freeze images on my tiny site.
Of course, If there was a particular picture that you were curious about, ie: if it was
faked or hoaxed etc. and I totally understand, and have no problem with loaning
out some of the 8m/m original film cassettes if you were interested to study. I have
so much crazy stuff in my video archive. Thankyou in advance for checking it out.
((NUFORC Note: We have visited the site and viewed the photos posted there.
The objects appear to be anomalous and unidentifiable to us. However, we do not
have any specific reason to believe that they definitely are bona fide UFO's. One
photo has the appearance of being that of a white dove or pigeon with its wings
extended and tail spread, as if it could be landing, but that is only an impression.
We are not aware of other dramatic reports from this area for this date. PD))
***
Sighting Date: October 9, 2000, approx. 5:52 pm CST
Sighting location: St. Paul, MN
Yesterday, October 9, 2000: I was outside taking a smoke break. I was in
the backyard (south side) and happened to look up over the shed there. I
saw, at high altitude, what appeared to be a "sport model". You know what
I'm saying, right? Very much like the ones captured on video SO many times
in Mexco City. I thought I was seeing things; a spot on my glasses, a kid's
baloon, unidentified plane at a distance, stroke, hallucination...take your
pick. Then I thought, "No, I should be able to see it move more than that
and see the top and bottom defined more clearly. That did it. The object
made a few quick, hard g turns, rolled part way a couple of times so I could
see the dull bottom and shiny top surfaces glinting in the sun, accelerated
quickly and then disappeared. POOF, gone.
The object was east of my position at a high altitude. It was moving slowly
northward (approx.) when I first saw it. In it's eratic flight behavior, it
seemed to double-back hard on it's position and double-back again with quick
acceleration. The rocking or rolling exhibited was during these maneuvers.
As for the disappearance, I stayed watching for a few extra seconds to see
if I had just lost it somehow or if it would return. The skies were clear,
so there is no way it could have been lost there. I looked at my watch, it
was approx. 5:52 pm. I ALWAYS doubt how accurate my watch is.
I waited another few minutes, scanning the skies. A comercial plane flew
over, possibly a 727(?). It was high enough to leave short contrails. The
object I saw was about one-third the size (relatively) of the plane. The
plane was much closer. The object in question was ABOUT 45 degrees off the
horizon. The plane was almost overhead. So, there is NO doubt that the
plane was closer. I didn't think to call upon the knowledge gained in my
college astronomy classes at the time, but, I would guesstimate the size at
about one-half of one degree at distance.
I want to make it painfully clear that I DO NOT want investigation. I have
had other sightings and other experiences. This is just another day for me.
I will give you the fact that I am in the Hayden Heights neighborhood of St.
Paul. I am near the railroad tracks. I can see all of the traffic coming
and going from the airport.
Thanks for your time. The ONLY reason I wrote this is to tell you that they
are HERE. I have been to a couple of your meetings and it seems a distant
subject to you. It isn't. It's right in your backyard. It isn't someone
else's issue to deal with in some other state or country. They're right
here staring you down. I just felt you should be made aware as I have been
made aware this time and others.
***
Occurred : 10/18/2000 19:00 (Entered as : 10/18/00 19:00)
Reported: 10/18/2000 19:49
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Broklyn Center, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:
2 ships, each had 2 bright white lights & 1 weaker red light in between the 2. They
were both stationary.
I witnessed 2 crafts. It was dark outside & we were driving on Hwy.101 going south
towards Mpls. There were many highway lights along with malls & other buisnesses.
In the sky, they were right next to each other & were absolutly stationary. Each ship
had the exact same lights on & they were as follows; 2 very bright white lights & 1
smaller red light, in between the 2 white lights. 6 of the passangers were senior
citizens & 2 were adults in their early thirties. ((NUFORC Note: Anonymous report.
We have no way to contact witnesses to request further information or reports. PD))
***
Occurred : 10/23/2000 00:00 (Entered as : 10/23/00 00:00)
Reported : 11/22/2000 07:19
Posted : 12/2/2000
Location : White Bear Lake, MN
Shape : Triangle
During a latenight party a group of twenty witnessed a peculiar gathering of a fleet
of pyramid shaped craft at midnight.
Last month I was staying up late with some friends. I was having a latenight party at
my house. We were in the middle of watching a movie, and we had the speakers
cranked up high, when I began to hear a loud whumping noise, like the noise of a
helicoptor. Startled, I jumped up and asked my brother to turn off the television.
Startled himself at my anxious expression, he did. I heard clearly then, as well as the
nineteen others piled in my living room, the noise outside. We scrambled out as fast
as we could to see a small triangular craft above my house (small in comparison to
large ones I've read about). The craft was about the size of my house and in the
shape of a triangular pyramid, but at that moment I could only see the bottom of it.
I yelled at my brother to go get a camera (I had to yell because the noise soon
became very loud) when the noise of the craft was accompanied by many more.
We saw out of the sky a whole fleet of these craft come down by my house. There
were probably twenty to twenty five ships in all. They stayed for a moment, got into
some formation, and began to retreat back to the stars. I remember the noise that
they made was deafening. There were no lights on the crafts until they got in
formation. Then thin beams, like lasers, connected all the ships. They traveled off
smoothly. We were so stunned we didn't tell anybody for weeks (who would believe
us anyway?). I live in a rural area and what few neighbors I did have were either
out of town and didn't see the ships or they were at my party. My parents were on
a week-long getaway and they couldn't testify either. Much of the group that were
there won't talk about it now or just plain deny that it happened. But I know it
happened, and I'm afraid. ((NUFORC Note: We do not know whether the witness
means the morning, or midnight, of 23OC00. We will attempt to clarify this point. PD))
*****
Sighting Date/Time: Mon., 10/23/2000 / 4:24am - 6:05am CST
Sighting Location: Lakeville, MN (looking to the south)
On Monday morning, it would have been at 4:24 am, I was woke
up by the 'pitch' in my left ear. When I went back to bed I
could see out of the window a very bright light, sort of
oblong (meaning left to right, not up to down). It was in the
South sky (the direction that my bedroom faces). It was always
on but it worked as a strobe kind of light. It was not moving.
I held out my arm in front of me. It was 45 degrees from the
ground, well above the tree tops. When I put my thumb out I
could barely cover up the main light, but I could still see
the strobe around my thumb. Almost like my thumb had its
own glow about it.
As soon as I did this, the darn thing shot off straight East,
or to my left, completely out of sight. I stood there for a
moment and thought I had been seeing things. Then I laid
down in bed, and closed my eyes for a moment. Then I had this
weird feeling that there was something there. When I opened
my eyes it was back, almost in the same spot, only this time
a little more to the West.
Also, this time when I put my thumb out it was not completely
covering it up. So it had moved in closer when it returned.
It was there until 6:05am. That is what shocked me. It
never really moved in that time either.
Oh yes, the strobe was mostly a white light, but sometimes it
sorta looked like there was a blue hue to it. Nothing you
would notice at just a glance. I use the word strobe lightly
also, almost like a pulse.
***
Nov., 2000 Reports
LITTLE FALLS, MN
11/14/00
UFO Roundup Vol 5 #47
http:/ufoinfo.com/roundup/v05/rnd05_47.shtml%235
***
Occurred : 11/16/2000 23:54 (Entered as : 11/16/00 23:54)
Reported : 11/16/2000 07:52
Posted : 12/2/2000
Location : Vining, MN
Shape : Oval
It was a green oval object that just sat in the water I'm not sure if it was on top of the
water or just sitting under the lake of east battle lake.
((NUFORC Note: Only one report of event. PD))
*****
MIDWEST UFO FLAP SPILLS INTO MINNESOTA
On Tuesday, November 21, 2000, at 5:30 p.m., Tim D. saw a UFO
flying from south to north in Chatfield, Minnesota (population
900), a town on Highway 62 about 30 miles (48 kilometers)
southeast of Rochester, Minn.
"It was a very large square-shaped, sharp 'craft' with two red
lights and two white lights," he reported, " "One on each side,
alternating in red, white, red, white, in this sequence."
"It flew from behind my car and around us as we sat on a ridge
viewing the stars. We could not hear any sound, and could not
see any definition towards the center of the object."
"It appeared VERY LARGE and SQUARE, and it was approximately 500
feet (165 meters) off the ground. The temperature that evening
was about, say, 15 to 20 degrees (Fahrenheit). We had it in
sight for nearly one minute." (Email Form Report)
***
Occurred : 11/28/2000 21:30 (Entered as : 11/28/00 21;30)
Reported: 11/28/2000 08:19
Posted: 3/21/2003
Location: Edina, MN
Shape: Circle
Duration:3 minutes
round, bright white light that changed into orange.
I was on my porch, which faces west and I saw a really bright star looking object in
the distance, however it was much brighter than any star. It rapidly came closer
and I could see that it was round with many thin pieces sticking out of the object.
Twice it stopped and changed directions, and then continued on the orginal path.
When it was almost directly overhead, it began to change into an orange color and
then back to the white. When it changed color it did so gradually, and started in the
center, and then worked it's way to the thin pieces that were attached to the circle.
The thin pieces then began to flash orange and white. Even though it was very
close, it was silent.
***
Dec., 2000 Reports
Time: 7:40pm Central Standard Time
Date: 12/5/2000
Location: South bound, closest intersection is 85th Ave.
North & Noble, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Object description:
-3 medium yellow lights forming a triangular shape
-size approximately 2/3 of a dollar bill at arms length
-length approximately 2/3 longer than width
-observed outside of drivers side window at approximate 10
o'clock position, stopped my vehicle and observed object moving
to the North East for approximately 60 seconds.
-object appeared large and close to the ground
-no sound was heard
-no blinking lights indicating an airplane
-lights were somewhat dim compared to other aircraft
Witnesses: myself and 11 year old daughter.
Event: Turned south on Noble from 85th Ave North at 7:40pm.
I, the driver, noticed a reflection on the windshield and my
eyeglasses, at the same time my daughter excitedly stated
"what is that in the sky?" As I looked up through the windshield
the lights had moved to my left hand (drivers side window-top).
I quickly decided that this was an unusual observation and
continued to watch the three lighted object as I pulled the vehicle
to side of the road bouncing up on the curb.
The object was larger than a passenger airplane but smaller
than a commercial airliner, difficult to estimate size in the
dark. The object appeared to be moving at a very slow speed for
its size to the North West. My daughter and I observed this object
for approximately one minute. The object did not appear to be
raising in altitude, rather, it stayed on the same plane moving
in a straight line. At one point, approximately, 8 o'clock
position, it appeared to have dull gray color to it's body as
it moved away from us. I do not remember if the object was
reflecting off of a cloud above it, but the shape and color was
observable for 3-5 seconds.
I have always been open minded and felt compelled to contact
you as this was not a normal everyday observation. This was quite
unusual, I would not rule out a military stealth aircraft, but
this was in a very populated area, very low to the ground, and
very visible, if only for a minute.
***
Minnesota Sighting
On Sunday, December 10, 2000, at 5:20 p.m., UFO Roundup editor
Joseph Trainor spotted a dark hovering delta-shaped UFO in
Duluth, Minnesota (population 85,000), a port city at the
western end of Lake Superior, which is located approximately 156
miles (249 kilometers) north of Minneapolis.
"I had attended a meeting of the Lake Superior Writers at the
DeWitt-Seitz building in Canal Park that afternoon," Trainor
reported, "I took the Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) bus home
and got off at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and West Seventh
Street at 5:20 p.m. It was dark but there was still a glimmer of
blue dusk at the summit of Spirit Mountain, on the western edge
of the city. As O crossed Piedmont Avenue, I looked downhill to
my left and saw that the full moon had just risen. It was about
10 degrees above the eastern horizon, over Lake Superior and
Park Point. It was very cold, about zero degrees Fahrenheit, and
the sky was completely clear."
"As I passed the Lakeside Ice Co. building, I saw what I thought
was a Christmas decoration through the pine trees, an arch of
multicolored lights. After walking about 100 feet (30 meters)
west on West Seventh, I saw the object more clearly."
"It was a black triangle, with its apex pointed upward at a one
o'clock angle, and the 'base' at the bottom. The object was in
mid-air, an estimated 35 degrees above the southwestern horizon.
It was the size of my thumbnail at arm's length. The color was
matte black, a shade darker than the surrounding night sky. The
object had no discernible motion and hovered silently. There was
no sound."
"The sides of the triangle were slightly rounded, a bit concave,
giving the object the look of a bulky arrowhead. Also there were
three sets or arrays of four lights each on either side of the
triangle. There were no lights at the bottom. Twelve lights in
all on either side. In descending order, the lights in each
array were red, green, gold and white."
"I halted at the corner of West Seventh and 22nd Avenue West and
observed the object for five minutes. It was hard to judge
distance, but my guess is that the object was a few miles away,
possibly over the Spirit Valley area in the West Duluth section
of the city. I was alone on the street. There was intermittent
traffic on Piedmont Avenue a block behind me. I walked on to my
home, went inside and grabbed a small camera. I wasn't sure the
object itself would show, but I knew the steady multicolored
lights would. However, when I reached the front porch again, the
object was gone."
Trainor added that this is the third UFO he's seen in his life.
The first was in Seekonk, Massachusetts in August 1963 and the
second was near Kingston, Ontario, Canada in August 1995. "This
is the first triangular UFO I've ever seen."
***
Occurred : 12/18/2000 07:00 (Entered as : 12-18-00 07:00)
Reported : 12/20/2000 12:37
Posted : 12/20/2000
Location : Loon Lake, MN
Shape : Changing
One Loony Lake you might want to fish!
There were three extremely different shaped objects hoovering over the lake as
we were ice fishing. They objects emitted a fluorecent blue haze. They didnt seem
to move much but stayed fixed in the sky. It was as if they were observing us or
something. They were there probably about 10 min. and with a blink of an eye they
were gone!
***
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report
Occurred : 12/23/2000 16:30 (Entered as : 12/23/2000 16:30)
Reported: 12/20/2003 3:58:47 AM 03:58
Posted: 1/17/2004
Location: Zumbrota, MN
Shape: Cigar
Duration:30 sec.
Silver cigar shaped object travelling low, and at great speed on US 52 in SE Minnesota.
While driving in heavy traffic two days before Christmas and returning to Rochester, Mn.
from Minneapolis, Mn. on US 52, I, ((name deleted)), and ((name deleted--Witness #2))
witnessed a craft travelling at unbelievable speed from W to E., across the highway as 52
runs N. and S. It was quite low, and kept a steady speed. It was out of sight very quickly.
There was no sound. It was silver and cigar shaped from a side view. I called 911 on my
cell phone and it was eventually answered by the Minnesota State Troopers. The operator
told me that he was inundated with calls about this craft. It was such an unsusual
experience that ((Witness #2)) and I looked at each other with our mouths open. I have
also worked with jet aircraft in the military for many years, and this was NOT a jet
aircraft. It left something....a pulse-like wave not in it's wake, but in front of it. Apparently,
many saw this event while driving, not just on 52, but on perpendicular and parallel roads
as well. The speed and shape were something I'd not witnessed before. Coupled with it's
lack of ANY noise, it was clearly something new, or something I'd never seen before.
There are NO major airbases in the area. Not even an airport within 60 miles.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
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