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UFO sightings in Minnesota

There are 69 civilian UFO sighting reports from Minnesota in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1958 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 9 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (21), triangle (14) and sphere (10).

Most reports come from Minneapolis (4), St. Paul (4) and Duluth (3), out of 52 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in Minnesota

Places with at least three reports. 48 other places in Minnesota have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from Minnesota

All 69 reports, newest first.

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  1. 27 Oct 2013 · 19:59St. PaulSphere· 1 min

    Four objects fly in seeming formation and make unusual turns. Almost hugging each other for a moment.

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  2. 27 Oct 2013 · 19:00MoorheadOrb· 15 min

    Multiple circular rotating lights.

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  3. 26 Oct 2013 · 20:15SavageTriangle· 2 min

    Triangular object, able to zig-zag in-flight without changing object orientation; emitted a beam and disappeared.

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  4. 24 Oct 2013 · 22:30OgilvieOrb· 15 min

    Orange light above trees.

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  5. 19 Oct 2013 · 21:30St. PaulSphere· 5 s

    3 spheres flying over St. Paul.

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  6. 18 Oct 2013 · 19:40DuluthOrb· 30 s

    White light moving over Duluth, MN then vanished. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of ISS. PD))

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  7. 16 Oct 2013 · 19:05OakdaleFormation· 10 min

    White in nature - one varied to red.

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  8. 13 Oct 2013 · 00:00BloomingtonSphere· 2 min

    Several blue and white orbs hovering just south of the airport.

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  9. 10 Oct 2013 · 20:30SavageSphere· 1 min

    I saw a sphere shaped object flying east to west moving faster than any conventional aircraft was white to orange in color as it reache

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  10. 20 Oct 2012 · 06:05PrincetonSphere· 31 min

    White quick moving light in eastern Mn sky before sunrise.

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  11. 15 Oct 2012 · 22:00St. CloudFormation· 30 s

    One becomes three three becomes six.

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  12. 15 Oct 2012 · 19:00BloomingtonDisc· 2 h

    Circle of lights in SW sky.

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  13. 1 Oct 2012 · 22:30Sauk CentreTriangle· 45 min

    2 weird objects fly over our house and make no noise and about 2 miles away just appear to stop for about 45 min.

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  14. 21 Oct 2011 · 20:35BuffaloDisc· 2 h

    Large Oval object hovering with bright, "blinking" rotating colors of Red/blue/green/yellow/white. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD))

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  15. 15 Oct 2011 · 13:30MaplewoodDisc· 1 s

    It was a windy, sunshiny day, wisps of clouds, all sizes. I had been to Costco in Maplewood, MN.Leaving Highway 61, I was on the r

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  16. 2 Oct 2011 · 21:00New York MillsOrb· 1 min

    One satellite chasing another

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  17. 23 Oct 2010 · 09:00BloomigntonOrb· 15 s

    7 flashing lights and about 2 car alarms going off.

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  18. 22 Oct 2010 · 05:25BurnsvilleTriangle· 10 min

    Triangle object object seen over burnsville 5:25 am

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  19. 16 Oct 2010 · 22:45RochesterSphere· 10 s

    Very bright circle that suddenly disappeared

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  20. 11 Oct 2010 · 19:40Cottage GroveOrb· 4 min

    Craft with two white lights in Minneapolis Approach Pattern that moved down and not forward then disappered behind the tree line.

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  21. 18 Oct 2009 · 20:00St. PaulOrb· 2 min

    Possible UFO crash near St. Paul MN

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  22. 17 Oct 2009 · 21:30Maple LakeOrb

    Green fireball north of Maple Lake, Minnesota

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  23. 17 Oct 2009 · 12:50St. CloudOrb· 10 min

    10/17/09 st.cloud mn light 5-10mins and orange light over down town st.cloud

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  24. 13 Oct 2009 · 23:10CrookstonTriangle· 3 min

    Saw it over high-tension lines for a few min then flew off to the west.

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  25. 27 Oct 2008 · 22:20OwatonnaOrb· 2 min

    2 Star Like Objects slowly start to move across the sky then vanish

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  26. 10 Oct 2008 · 20:00La CrescentFormation· 10 s

    six strange lights in the sky over La Crescent MN

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  27. 10 Oct 2008 · 02:00North BranchOrb· 5 min

    Lights at night, shining into car and garage and around blinds

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  28. 26 Oct 2007 · 04:30DuluthDisc· 30 min

    An oval that had a green glow and blinking light.

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  29. 22 Oct 2007 · 18:45ChisholmTriangle· 5 s

    Silent, black, triangular object with no lights

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  30. 21 Oct 2007 · 00:54Spring Lake ParkBoomerang· 7 s

    Something that looked to be a flock of birds in formation of a chevron moving way too fast to be birds.

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  31. 20 Oct 2007 · 21:00GlencoeOrb· 2 s

    green ball of light falling straight to the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Meteor?? PD))

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  32. 10 Oct 2007 · 22:00DuluthOrb· 10 min

    Bright pulsating light over lake superior.

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  33. 23 Oct 2006 · 22:25Two HarborsOther· 2 h

    This really happened and I would like an explanation! Read it and believe it.

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  34. 11 Oct 2006 · 19:30Two HarborsOrb· 10 min

    Northern Lights ?? Right!

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  35. 22 Oct 2005 · 06:10ShoreviewOrb· 1 h

    Slow moving bright light moving across early morning sky!

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  36. 14 Oct 2005 · 21:30Park RapidsTriangle· 20 min

    ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of Mars? PD)) floating, moving object in Park Rapids,MN.

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  37. 13 Oct 2005 · 21:00NorthfieldBoomerang· 30 min

    Chevron shaped, low flying, one side shorter than the other, scilent, seen at 21:00, circling.

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  38. 11 Oct 2005 · 03:00EaganSphere· 2 h

    ((NUFORC Note: Possible star. PD)) Bright colorfull glowing ball.

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  39. 10 Oct 2005 · 23:07BrainerdDisc· 5 min

    A big lighted up silver saucer.

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  40. 2 Oct 2005 · 02:00EdinaFormation· 5 s

    Triangle Formation

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  41. 1 Oct 2005 · 19:58RogersTriangle· 17 min

    Triangular UFO hovered with Stench

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  42. 15 Oct 2004 · 23:00MinneapolisDisc· 2 min

    Look to the clouds

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  43. 15 Oct 2004 · 23:00Saint PaulSphere· 10 min

    11 balls of solid light formed a circle around the horizon, sat still for a while then quickly darted around and disappeared.

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  44. 10 Oct 2004 · 21:00FaribaultOrb· 15 min

    Metor or craft descending then sudden flash of light

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  45. 2 Oct 2004 · 16:00BurnsvilleDiamond· 2 min

    I saw a diamond-shaped silver object hovering with little to no motion in the southward sky.

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  46. 21 Oct 2003 · 20:45ScandiaOrb· 15 min

    Bright pulsating multi-colored light turning into disk shape with circle of red lights.

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  47. 19 Oct 2003 · 05:45Cottage GroveTriangle· 10 min

    A large black trianle shaped aircraft with three lights quietly and slowly hovering very low.

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  48. 11 Oct 2003 · 00:20AustinSphere· 5 s

    THE TWO WHITE ROUND OBJECTS FLEW SYNCHONIZED SIDE BY SIDE AND EVENTUALLY VEERED OFF MADE HALF A CIRCLE AND MERGED, AND RE-ENTERED SPACE

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  49. 14 Oct 2002 · 01:22SavageTriangle· 10 s

    Silent delta-shaped object seen in Savage, MN against clear October night sky.

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  50. 21 Oct 2001 · 14:00MoundOther· 1 min

    large boeing 747 followed by two smaller craft.

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  51. 14 Oct 2001 · 20:45Lake ElmoBoomerang· 5 min

    Six lights as bright as staium lights on chevron shaped object hovering over grove of trees.6

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  52. 13 Oct 2001 · 19:55MinneapolisOrb· 10 s

    Very bright star disappearing quickly (10sec)

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  53. 23 Oct 2000 · 00:00White Bear LakeTriangle· 10 min

    During a latenight party a group of twenty witnessed a peculiar gathering of a fleet of pyramid shaped craft at midnight.

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  54. 21 Oct 1999 · 03:45LakevilleOrb· 20 h 30 min

    Light with green flashing light on bottom, east of me about 10 o'clock position over next county, noticed while trying to view northern

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  55. 12 Oct 1999 · 23:00Little FallsFormation· 1 h

    Two bright amber lights. About 300 to 500 feet up. One slightly lower.

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  56. 12 Oct 1999 · 21:33MinnesotaBoomerang· 2 min

    observed two chevron crafts hovering 225 & 300 feet. aprox. 500 feet from my location. They were directly to my west, and also observed

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  57. 28 Oct 1998 · 20:35Observer Enroute On Mn Hwy 61 NorthSphere· 5 s

    skies o/cast. Objt. had app. of a meteor but w/ distinct green color. Initially dismissed as meteor

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  58. 25 Oct 1997 · 21:45MinneapolisTriangle· 1 min

    A small V of lights moving very quickly from west to east

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  59. 10 Oct 1997 · 21:00AustinOther· 1 h

    i was traveling northbound on state highway 105 approximately 8 miles south of Austin MN when an object came down directly above my car

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  60. 1 Oct 1997 · 00:00BemidjiTriangle· 10 min

    In october 1997 my dad and I seen 3 lights in the shape of a triangle tumbling over each other in Bemidji Minnesota.

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  61. 2 Oct 1995 · 19:50FarmingtonOther· 5 s

    Man witnesses very small, VERY bright light descending rapidly in NE sky. Approx. 1/10 diameter of moon.

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  62. 11 Oct 1987 · 21:30MinnetonkaOrb· 30 s

    White light moves west to east, suddenly stops, then moves south at a high rate of speed.

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  63. 15 Oct 1979 · 19:35BemidjiOther· 25 min

    UFO drone watching a football game.

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  64. 15 Oct 1976 · 21:00EvelethOrb· 15 min

    Lights above Eveleth Mn in mid 70's

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  65. 1 Oct 1974 · 20:00DeerwoodOther· 2 s

    Sighting 3 An incidence occurred in mid-October, 1974. I picked my son up from wrestling practice in the evening after school. We live

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  66. 1 Oct 1973 · 20:30North St. PaulTriangle· 2 min

    Large triangular space craft sighted above North Senior High School' football field, in North St. Paul, MN in early October 1, 1973

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  67. 15 Oct 1968 · 02:00HastingsTriangle· 2 min

    Perfect semi circle vapor trail left as soundless UFO makes a turn-around overhead.

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  68. 1 Oct 1967 · 20:00MinneapolisDisc· 10 s

    In October 1967, 2 Disks sited heading north over Minneapolis MN.

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  69. 20 Oct 1958 · 21:00St. PaulOther· 2 s

    A dull-orange craft sped southbound at low altitude and high speed toward the general direction of the airport.

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Where these reports come from

Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.