National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 5/15/1997 21:30 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Baraboo, WI Shape : Summary : small glowing ball of light hovering over a heavily wooded area Me and 4 friends were camping when one freind noticed a bright blue light on the horizon. The object was several miles away and moving towards us. It moved closer at a somewhat slow pace. The object stopped and hovered about 20 yards above the trees about a quarter mile away. The object seemed to be ball shaped, emmiting a blue glow, with three white lights encircling the object. It hovered there for about 2 minutes, motionless, then slowly began to rise. The object emmitted no sound, and headed straight up. It angled slightly to the west and began moving very fast away from us. In a few seconds it was out of sight. Believe me this sighting was very real!
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 6/1/1997 14:00 (Entered as : 6/1/97 2pm) Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Greenfield, suburb of Milwaukee, WI Summary : Noticed a very large, slow moving, reddist tinted object in the northern sky. It appeared to have 2 smaller objects flying around it. Fom my point it appeared that the object was about 150 ft up and approximately 1/2 to 1 mile long. No noticeabe lights. At about 2 pm, I noticed a _very_ large object north of my apartment. It appeared to have a reddish hue, and was moving fairly slow, but steadily towards the east.I then noticed two smaller objects circling around it and managed to see one of the objects through my 4.5" telescope. Although I couldn't keep it in the field of view long, it appeared to be somewhat like an airplane, but more like "ship" shaped. From the fact that these two objects were flying around the main object, and I live close to an airport and see air traffic all the time, the main craft must have been anywhere from 1/2 to 1 mile long. I could only see the edge and it was fairly thin, probably 40-50 feet.Anyway, it was huge. I would like to know if anyone else in the area reported anything. The thought occured to me that it could have been one of those advertising banners, but I did not see anything pulling it and on second thought it was far too big to be a banner. ((Name deleted)) am a computer artist, amatuer astronomer, business owner and sky watcher.
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 7/30/1997 00:30 Reported : 8/7/1997 02:52 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Lake Winnibigoshish (North Central MN), MN Summary : Brite orange glowing object passed overhead. At 12:30am on July 30, 1997 while watching a meteor shower on the shore of Cutfoot Sioux, I observed an object that appeared in the south east sky. At first it was a small orange body giving me the impression that I was looking at another meteor, but the object just got larger and brighter. After seeing the object grow in size and brightness it continued to travel across the sky with a slight wobble in it path (like viewing a object through hot air). This wobble lasted for about 30 seconds then it continued to travel in a stright line. Its speed also slowed down as it crossed the sky. As it passed overhead the bright orange glow started to disapate. This allowed me to make out a flashing light on the upper surface of the craft the light flashed about every second. The craft passed overhead at about 10,000 feet. As the craft disappeared into the trees behind the campsite, I heared the slight roaring sound of jet engines. Flight path was from the south east to the north west. No sonic booms. Are we testing aircraft that can fly after entering atmosphere? National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 7/28/1997 23:30 Reported : 10/12/1998 23:55 Posted : 11/1/1998 Location : Wayzata, MN Shape : Fireball Boating on Lake Minnetonka in MN on warm summer night, skies clear, fireball appeared travelling from East to West at about 60 degrees from the Zenith. A booming sound was heard, but it was muffled. The fireball started out as yellow, then turned orange, with a green tail spreading out about the width of a full moon. The green color dissapated slowly and appeared to phosphoresce as it faded. Total time streaking across the sky was about 6 seconds. The phosphorescence lasted an additonal 4-5 seconds. I tried to get the attention of the other boater before it faded, but, insofar as he was turned northward, and the object was at about 60 degrees up in the Southern sky, he did not turn and focus in time to see the whole thing. The boat engine did sputter and almost quit when the object crossed the sky, but ran o.k. thereafter. National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 7/15/1997 19:00 Reported : 11/24/1998 05:04 Posted : 12/15/1998 Location : Eden Prairie, MN Shape : Other I saw four silver colored (like when the sun shines on an airplane) capsule shaped objects that were traveling east to west, very fast. They were traveling in a capsule sitting vertical position as they moved from east to west. They evetually disappeared into the western horizon. Nothing Real dramatic in their appearance or movement other than they were moving very fast, and they were defintely not airplanes. First I saw one capsuale shaped object. It was silver color, like when the sun shines on an airplane. It was traveling from east to west. What really caught my attention was that this capsule shaped object was traveling east to west with this capsule shape positioned vertical. I was walking to my vehicle where my friend was waiting, still watching as I walked to my vehicle. My friend and I proceeded to watch and have a discussion about this object, and the possibilities of what it might be when I got in my vehicle. Meanwhile, it had traveled closer to the horizon. Suddenly there were two more of same objects that our eyes had now been drawn to. They were almost at the edge of the horizon. They were traveling even with each other side by side. They were also traveling east to west like the first one. Which was sitll traveling in same direction towards the other 2 in the western horizon. They were all traveling very fast. What we both saw next Immediately Eliminated a lot of the possibilities of what we thought these objects might be. It was another capsuale shaped object dropping straight down into our atmosphere. The reason I can say this with confidence is that it was sparking, and it was red hot in color. It appeared to then just stop moving momentarily. It cooled quickly as I saw it change color from this red hot look to the silver color like the other three. Once it changed to this silver color it started moving east to west in same direction as the other 3 objects. Same speed very fast in a straight east to west direction. We watched them all move straight from the east into the western horizon untill we lost site of all four as they dissapeared into horizon. I am a tool and die maker. My friend is a printer. I'm still curious as to what they might have been. They where definitely not airplanes.
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 7/10/1997 13:00 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Onalaska, WI Shape : Summary : Large shiny silver ball, stop in mid flight and then moved off quickly at a sharp right angle, and dissappeared. Large large shiny silver ball. Stopped in mid air and took a sharp 90 degree angle, then disappeared. 42 year old male seen U.F.Os at a younger age. 14 year old male seen U.F.Os at a younger age and previous sighting. National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 7/10/1997 15:45 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Hayward, WI I was driving with my son and noticed what I thought was a plane, but wondered why it was so low above the tree line...the as it moved SE (I was heading south) it appeared to be a brillant, metalic, somewhat flat object. I hurried to where I could stop and observe, but it was gone. My son did not see it as he has poor sight. I am a 37 year old stay at home mom.
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 8/12/1997 17:08 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Fridley, MN Summary : While walking from work to car observed a very bright orange shaped object on the just above the horizon. The object appeared stationary. Clouds eventually came overhead and obscurred our view. Object appreared to me circular or oval in shape. Object was very bright. Several other witnesses seemed very upset. Called local Police and Local FBI Office.
National UFO Reporting Center Sighting Report Occurred : 8/9/1997 00:30 Posted : 1/28/1999 Location : Bloomington, MN Summary : Triangular with rounded edges and blue, red lights on the bottom that were flashing not very brightly. We were coming home from store, store was closed.
Herald Times Reporter Manitovoc County, WI Friday, August 8, 1997 Man Reports UFOs in county No blips on radar detected by Rob Young, staff writer TOWN OF FRANKLIN - It might be time to start a new X-file -- this one to be filed under "Manitowoc County". A town of Franklin man, who said that until Saturday night he leaned toward believing in UFOs, said Wednesday he's leaning a lot further after he and his family saw two UFOs near their rural home within 20 minutes. He described the first object as large and trianglar with three reddish-orange lights. He and his two suns spotted it from their van while driving home at about 11:35pm. It hovered silently for about 15 seconds then disappeared descending rapidly. About 20 minutes later, the family of six was sitting in its living room when his daughter saw the second UFO -- this one more like a cross with rounded corners but with the same reddish-orange lights. It hovered for about two minutes, then disappeared. His four children were "shaking in their boots" and wouldn't sleep alone that night after seeing the UFOs, the man said. John Gregor, operations supervisor at Brown County Airport's control tower, said nothing unusual showed up on radar that night. Dick Knapinski, spokesman for Oshkosh's EAA fly-in didn't rule out a military craft. "Who knows what they're working on undercover?"
Sighting Date: 8-13-97 Williston, North Dakota (USA) Reporter: D.K. Johnson Experience: While looking north toward Williston, North Dakota from Alexander, ND (about 24 miles to south) on August 13, 1997 at 11PM I noticed a light I had seen an hour earlier and had then assumed it to be a plane landing at Williston airport. But it was still in the same place in the sky and not moving. About twenty degrees east of north judged by the North star that was clearly visible and about one and three quarters fists high above the horizon (when held at arms length). Observed red, green and white lights alternately flashing which could have meant the object was turning. Viewed through binoculars, lights were intense and vivid but not appearing at once but seeming to change as if object were rotating. Stayed motionless in sky for two hours until 1 AM when we stopped observing. Too high for land based object, i.e. radio tower, not a star for color changes. Observed by three other witnesses. What was it? UFOSSI
MUFON IOWA INVESTIGATES SIOUX CITY SIGHTING MUFON Iowa is currently investigating a UFO sighting that took place in a rural area near Sioux City, Iowa, 200 miles west of Des Moines, the night of August 7, 1997. Three people were involved in the sighting-- a 50-year-old woman, her 22-year-old son, and her 11-year-old grandson. At 9:30 p.m. on August 7, the boys were driving home when the younger one spotted a triangular UFO in the sky. "The first triangle was 500 feet away and about 200 feet (in) altitude," Beverly Trout, Iowa MUFON state director reported, "and moved parallel at about 20 miles per hour. The 60-foot triangle moved in a generally easterly direction for about two miles, as the boys drove through Stone Park, a heavily wooded area of hills, deep ravines and winding roads. Eventually it crossed the road just behind the vehicle and headed back to the west." When they turned onto the road leading to their farmhouse, a "strange animal" bumped into the car's passenger door. "The boys described it as reminding them of a hyena." Arriving at home, the boys told their mother/ grandmother. She responded that there were "no such things" as UFOs. "Just then," Ms. Trout added, "the 11-year-old pointed to the southwest of their house, and there was another triangle about 300 feet in size about 3/4 of a mile (1.2 kilometers) and only about 500 feet (in) altitude, moving very slowly." The UFO hovered for 15 minutes. To the west of the house, the family noticed an "amber-colored globe of light" in the sky, "with an apparent size of a little less than a full moon, from which three globes emerged (same size as the original globe), darted around, then re-merged with the original, then faded." Since the sighting, the younger boy has had repeated dreams featuring "large heads with no faces." Also, the boys did not arrive home until 10:45 p.m., after what should have been a 15-minute drive. The case is being investigated by Beverly Trout, Irene Barnes, Dr. Lawrence Lacey and MUFON consultant Robert Lyon. (Editor's Comment: The previous night, August 6, the Sioux City Police Dept. received multiple reports of a Bigfoot on 17th Street in the city's Northside section. See the Sioux City, Iowa Journal for August 9, 1997.)
(Reported to Minnesota MUFON) I had a sighting on 8/26/97 at 9:05 PM in south Minneapolis. (Witness wished to remain anonymous.) Tonight I had a sighting in my back yard. I saw a bright light in the sky to the east of my house at about 65 degrees up in the sky. It seemed to be at a very high altitude. It was just as bright and looked very similar to the planet that is in the southeastern sky. Im no astronomer, but Im asuming it is a planet because of how bright it is. I was out taking my dog to the bathroom and noticed this light in the sky. I thought it was a planet, but after about a minute, it started moving south at a very high rate of speed. I cant describe how far it moved, but I think it was about 20 degrees across the sky and then started going straight up until it vanished from sight. I am only 3 miles from MSP airport and know that the people I have told so far think it was an airplane, but it was a single light and there were no strobes or red and green light. Also, like I had said before, It was still for about a minute, and then move very quickly south, then straight up until I could not see it anymore. I kept searching the sky to see if I could see it further south but couldnt. About one minute after i lost sight of it, I saw to more objects very high in the sky. They looked like satellites, one moving due south and the other moving due north.They looked like they were on the same flight path, only going opposite directions. The one travelling north had suddenly changed direction due west for about 10 degrees and then changed back to due north. Its possible that its just a coincidence, and I was seeing satellites, but I dont think so. Can you tell me if satellites travel north-south as well as east west? Just a little info about me. I believe in UFO's but This is my first sighting. I am 25 years old and am a network administrator. I dont take drugs or drink but took 400mg of Ibuprofin tonight because I cracked a couple of ribs today. Ive been to the doctor and I dont have a concussion or anything else to cause me to hallucinate.
WOMAN SPOTS HOVERING UFO NEAR TWIN CITIES On Saturday, September 27, 1997, at 7:30 p.m., Crystal R. stepped out of her home in Brooklyn Park (population 43,332), a suburb 12 miles (18 kilometers) northwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota. The night was rainy, and, as she halted on the doorstep, Crystal "saw five cylindrical lights spaced evenly apart in a circle I would estimate to be eight to ten feet (2.5 to 3 meters) across. Lights were pulsating on this panel around the circle. Object hovered over the top of our large weeping willow (tree), which is at least 30 feet (9 meters) high." Crystal said she watched the object hover "for approximately five seconds." During that time, it "made strange low-pitched humming sounds." She said she went back into the house for a moment to get a drink of water and then "looked out the front door again to see if the object was still there. It was, so I observed it, wondering what it was. Suddenly, it disappeared. It did not fly away or move. It was just gone and did not reappear to my knowledge." (Many thanks to Tim Hagemeister of NACOMM for this report.)
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 23:30:02 -0400 (EDT) To: [email protected] From: DKPSubject: A 90-Minute Sighting Over Michigan Colonel: A local couple, who wish to remain nameless, have reported to me the following sighting over SE Lower Michigan, starting at 4:00 a.m. EDT (9:00 a.m. Zulu) on Friday morning, September 26, 1997. The weather was very clear, there were light breezes and viewing was excellent. The woman, who is currently enrolled in an astronomy class through one of the local universities here, decided to put in some star-gazing time for that class by arising early. She took binoculars with her and stepped outside her house to watch the sky in the early morning hours of Friday, September 26. Almost immediately her attention was drawn to the ESE portion of the darkened sky. There she reported seeing "three stars very close together as though they were one." She said they appeared to be rotating very rapidly together and much brighter than ordinary stars. She said that they cycled through the color spectrum, rapidly changing color from red to orange, then yellow on to green, blue and indigo. Not only did they change color rapidly, but they seemed to move from one location in that part of the sky to another, as if jumping from spot to spot, all the while continuing to rotate. Additionally, she said that they appeared to be shooting out colored laser beams of light. She watched this sight through ordinary binoculars, which allowed her to differentiate the various spheres of light which resembled stars. This sighting lasted from 4 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. At one point, she called her husband to come out and watch with her, which he did for a moment or two. However, he was too tired to stay up very long. In his conversation with me this afternoon he said that he knew it was not any planet or star that he was looking at, but did not know what it was. His wife reported that, after having informed her astronomy professor of her lengthy observation, he was likewise unable to explain to her what it was she saw. Her husband told me that the sighting might have been accounted for by one of two pieces of additional information he discovered this past week: 1) He said that he found out that the Russian space station MIR had been scheduled to pass overhead at that time, and that perhaps that was what they were seeing; 2) Additionally, he said that he had found out that the Dominoes Pizza Corporate Offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan had scheduled a laser light show that evening, and that maybe they had been watching that. [Editor's Note: I have to question why the corporate offices of a large Midwest pizza chain would be hosting a laser light show at 4 in the morning when very few people are up to watch it.] If any other Michigan observers have any additional information on this rather unusual observation, please post it here at Skywatch. Thanks. Doug Parrish Michigan Director / Skywatch International
TWO UFOs SIGHTED OVER DULUTH, MINNESOTA On Saturday, September 6, 1997, at 9:30 p.m., Van D. was sitting at home in the Morgan Park section of Duluth, Minnesota (population 92,811), watching a wrestling match on TV. "I looked out the window," Van said, "And all of a sudden, I saw this triangle-shaped aircraft. It had bright white lights at the end of each of the corners. And in back of the aircraft, it had red lights, sort of like the engine. So I watched it fly across the sky not far from my house." "I heard nothing, absolutely nothing, no noise or anything. So then I turned and saw this other aircraft, more like the flying saucer type. It had bright red lights encircling the craft, and a bright white light on top. So I watched it fly across, too. No sound at all." Van ran upstairs to get a telescope. But, by the time he returned, "the spaceships seemed to have disappeared." Then, about 20 minutes later, he "saw the saucer-shaped object flying far beyond my backyard, but it was moving too fast for me to see anything with the telescope." (Email Interview) (Editor's Comment: Van's sighting occurred 48 hours after I spotted two mysterious "green flashes" along the shore and over Lake Superior near Beaver Bay, Minnesota, 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Duluth, at 8:53 p.m. on Thursday, September 4.)