Circle over Maple Grove, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Bright circle of light that hovers. Seen 5 different times. On film 3 times.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2012-04-20 → 2012-05-07
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July 27, 2022 · 11:20 AM · CIGAR
Maple Grove, MN
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September 1, 2019 · 10:37 PM · FIREBALL
Maple Grove, MN
A very bright light appeared from the northwest traveling to the southeast. The color temperature was fire- colored. The speed of travel was similar to an airliner. The size of the light was 2x to 3 x larger than normal airplane front lights. I grabbed binoculars and when I focused on the light the appearance was flame-like. There was no visible body shape. The height appeared to be a few thousand feet. As the light passed overhead the intensity receded in diameter but the brightness remained until it fell behind the tree, one permanently. No sound was evident. No trail or tail was in evidence. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 16, 2016 · 8:05 PM · TRIANGLE
Maple Grove, MN
On a street that usually has a lot of street lamps but it was bitch (sic. pitch) black. There were two ufo's. One was 3 orbs lined up hovering above the second one in the shape of a triangle but the triangle legs were rectangles. You could see inside the triangles and there were red and blue lights. It almost looked as if there were little people in there. There were 3 bright lights on each end on the triangle. It was hovering not to far above the tree line. I was driving and didn't take a picture but should have. One of the weirdest things I have ever seen. It was in a neighborhood. The orbs were white. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Hi i did mean pitch black. Two days after i drove down the same street and it was fully lit with street lamps which it was not that night. I have been looking constantly online to see if anyone else has reported it. The date it happened on was Wednesday, November 16th. I was going 10 mph under the speed limit looking at this thing and everyone else behind me was going just as slow so i can't be the only one who saw it although i do not know how to find anyone else. I just really hope someone else reports it. I should have taken a picture when i had the chance. ((END ADDENDUM))
May 21, 2016 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Maple Grove, MN
Observation time is +/- 5 mins, as I did not look at time until discussing observation with other witnesses. While sitting on my deck with family, I witnessed a bright light in the southern sky, perhaps 30 deg. above horizon, moving quite quickly to the north trending west slightly. I thought it might be an airplane reflecting sunlight as it was not far past sunset, or satellite; but the light was very intense even for either of the mentioned options. I pointed out the light to my family, my father saw it right away. The light started to slow down until it reached maybe 45 deg. above the horizon. It then stopped in place, became less intense and then winked out. My father who would normally disagree with any possibility of such an event even agreed that it was an extraordinary event.
September 21, 2011 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Maple Grove, MN
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