Circle over Shakopee, MN
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
The circle of lights seen in the SW suburbs of Minneapolis/St. Paul is from the Mystic Lake casino south of Shakopee, Minnesota. Google Image searches will show the "teepee"' formation of spotlights outside this American Indian establishment. The beams cross each other and then disappear from view, but if cloud conditions are just right you'll see a "spot" above each beam (yet the beam itself doesn't have a searchlight appearance). As clouds drift and change density, the lights appear and disappear. It's an eerie effect, and you wouldn't believe it's originating from the ground unless you see its source on the casino grounds. Suspected advertising lights at a local casino. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #121303). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-08-06 → 2015-08-23
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February 26, 2021 · 11:18 PM · DISK
Shakopee, MN
My fiance saw this on the way to a casino on 1100 Canterbury road in shallows Minnesota on Feb 26 2021. Counted 9 bright blue lights in line together throughout the disc shaped object in the sky. We have pictures as well. Our first thought was definitely a UFO.
February 22, 2020 · 3:14 AM · LIGHT
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I was driving and the road I was driving down didn't have much light, there was no one on the road behind me or coming towards me. I look up in the sky and see an undefined roundish shape in the sky. Yellow/ white light, I could have sworn I saw some green and blue in the colors. It presented itself in the sky for 5 seconds and then it left, there was a light streak in the sky for a second after it disappeared.
December 9, 2018 · 3:00 AM · LIGHT
Shakopee, MN
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
November 4, 2017 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Shakopee, MN
Around midnight I noticed these lights in the sky above the casino in Shakopee at Canterbury Park. About an hour later, the lights had moved ever so slowly to where they were at 1 am when I left to drive back to Illinois. I took several photos and the lights appear to be in a circular pattern similar to what was reported in Sepetember. There were no casino advertisements at all being displayed.
June 27, 2017 · 1:11 PM · UNKNOWN
Shakopee, MN
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May 25, 2017 · 10:33 PM · CIRCLE
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