UFO ACTIVITY REPORT

WORLDWIDE SIGHTINGS Cases of interest are extracted from the closed case files as an edited list of best cases. Some witness testimony may be edited for clarity.

CASE 106540

Maple Grove, MN. Credit: Google

A Minnesota witness in Maple Grove reported seeing 6–8 low-flying helicopters that were following a pulsating light, according to testimony in Case 106540. The witness was in his car driving at 6:20 p.m. on March 2, 2020. entrance ramp from Maple Grove Parkway. I noticed six to eight low-flying helicopters in semicircular formation heading from the east towards me. Three seconds later I noticed a pulsating light from below the tree line approximately 300-500 ft to the east. The object then rose up almost above the tree line and seemed to tumble in place for one or two seconds before rising just above the tree line. Once the object was above the tree line, the lights were more like a blinding white staggering strobe lights with multiple locations. The object slowly headed north for two seconds, then seemed to jump eastwards towards Brooklyn Park almost out of sight, then jumped back and steadily moved from its original eastward position in Maple Grove heading eastward again along Hwy 610 towards Brooklyn Park/Coon Rapids until out of sight. The object’s profile came into view for less than three seconds after last heading and seemed to have a thin, dumbbell shape with a transparent-gold color???? While the sighting was unfolding, the helicopters seemed disoriented and broke visible formation. It has been about two hours since sighting, and I still can see burn-in when I close my eyes. During and 10 seconds immediately after sighting I felt nauseous and had sunspot/ flash-like vision in both eyes. I feel relatively ok now.” Minnesota MUFON Field Investigator William Odden closed this case as Unknown Other.

In the report, Odden states, “It looked like a thin dumbbell shape with a transparent gold color filament between the ends; it was about 20 feet long and the “bells” comprising the ends were about a foot or two in diameter. During this time, it was pulsating very bright light and the helicopters started to go in two different directions—three in each group—as if they were disoriented. The pulsing light continued and the witness felt nauseous and he had sunspot/flash-like vision aftereffects in both eyes. This went away after two hours. There was no noise heard during the sighting from any of the objects. The UFO’s two ends would light up for a few seconds as it moved away. It would also go back very fast and then slowly east, then it jerked back until it was gone.” Maple Grove is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 61,567 at the 2010 census but has been growing rapidly since then, as 2018 US census estimates rank Maple Grove as Minnesota’s eighth largest city with 71,807 residents.

Annapolis, Maryland. Credit: Google

A Maryland witness in Annapolis reported seeing a “V”shaped craft that had strings of bright lights from tip to tip flying over her neighborhood, according to testimony in Case 105790.

The witness was in her bedroom. She then got up at 3 a.m. and looked out her window on January 23, 2020. “Happened to wake up about 3 a.m. and could not sleep. I looked out the window and saw a V-shaped craft—like a boomerang with pointed wings or a chevron shape. It was moving across the sky past the tall trees near our house. It was about 8–12 inches across from my viewpoint. It made no noise at all. I watched it moving slowly across the sky for a couple of minutes. It seemed to be a dark object except for many lights that went all the way across it. However, it could have been entirely lit up, because it was moving behind the hundreds of bare tree branches that cover the sky from my window. The utter silence of an object so big was the most amazing thing. My best guess is that it was about 500 feet above the ground, and about 50 feet across moving very slowly—too slowly for a plane of that size.” Maryland MUFON Assistant State Director Avery Christensen closed this case as Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

In the report, Christensen states that, “The witness viewed the ‘V’-shaped craft with a string of lights or a singular line of light on its underside; because of the trees, the witness was unable to determine any details about the lights.” Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. Its population was measured at 38,394 by the 2010 census.

Ariel, Washington. Credit: Google

A Washington witness in Ariel reported seeing beings in a craft, according to testimony in Case 105921. The witness was in his backyard hammock at 10:12 p.m. on September 1, 2019. “We live in a remote wooded area near Mt. Saint Helens in WA state. It was a little after 10 p.m. when I heard a noise like an all-wheel drive car applies when it brakes a little hard. I knew something was wrong. I was in a hammock on the back patio; it was completely dark and I was listening to music. As soon as I heard it, I ran for the house. Before I could make it 20 feet, an oval object stopped at the top of the tree line in direct line across from me as I was running for the door. I was looking at it while I was heading for the door. There were some windows lined up in a horizontal row and there were around three skinny big-headed things looking out at me. I made it to the house, yelling for someone to come look. I stood in the doorway watching it drift along. It went straight forward about 100 feet and without sound vanished. I believe I was hunted and luckily got away.” Washington MUFON State Section Director Sue Countiss closed this case as Unknown Aerial Vehicle.

In the report, Countiss states, “The witness was listening to music as he lay in his hammock outside at home, in the mountains, late in the evening. The evening was clear and the weather was good. He heard a sound like brakes being applied hard, and looked up to see this craft coming toward him. He ran to get to the porch and looked back to see three entities with big heads looking at him from the craft. He made it to the house and yelled for someone else to

come and look at what he was seeing. He felt lucky that he made it to the house safely.” Ariel is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington. Ariel is located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the city of Woodland along Washington State Route 503, situated north of the Lewis River and on the southwest bank of Lake Merwin.

CASE 106611

Carlsbad, California. Credit: Google

A California witness in Carlsbad reported seeing a bright red orb through her curtains, according to testimony in Case 106611.

The witness was sleeping in her bedroom at midnight on January 12, 2020. “I saw a red orb outside our bedroom sliders [sliding doors] at night. It was sometime after midnight, we were asleep and I was awakened by the red light in our room, it was very bright! I turned over and it was a soccer ball-sized red glowing orb outside our sliders, through the curtains. I have long dark curtains and it was so bright I could see the detail through the curtains! It stayed in one spot and appeared to be glowing inside almost like fire. It then moved to the other side of our sliding door then became smaller and disappeared. I didn’t move, just watched it. I didn’t wake my husband because he had work in the morning. It stayed there on our covered deck for at least 5 minutes. It appeared to have movement counterclockwise. I didn’t have my phone on my nightstand or I would have taken photos. I felt afraid and that my privacy had been violated to have this orb looking into our bedroom in the middle of the night! I don’t sleep as well as I used to since then! I will keep my phone on me at all times now!” California MUFON Field Investigator Cassandra Coit closed this case as Unknown Other.

In the report, Coit states, “Shortly after midnight, the witness was awoken by a bright red, basketball-sized light coming in through her dark blue, light-blocking curtains. She said that the red light was so bright that the shape could be seen spinning counterclockwise with fluid-like movement on the inside.”

Carlsbad is a coastal city in the North County region of San Diego County, California, United States. The city’s estimated 2018 population was 115,877.

CASE 105218

A California witness in Oakland reported seeing an orblike object flying at high speed, according to testimony in Case 105218. Oddly, the object had flapping wings. The witness was standing on his deck at his residence at 10 p.m. on December 17, 2019. “My girlfriend and I saw an orb-like object with pyramid-like wings flying hundreds of miles an hour over the Bay Area, faster than an airplane, and disappear behind a cloud at approximately 10 p.m.” California MUFON Assistant State Director Devlin Rugne closed this case as Unknown Other.

In the report, Rugne states, “He said it came down like a meteor; this object veered from the east towards the north, which doesn’t sound like a meteor at all. I questioned him if this could have been a bird since these wings he saw were moving in a flapping motion, but he was adamant that it was a craft of some sort because the bright orb’s own light source was reflecting off the wings. It started out as a small streak that was coming down from the sky and that got bigger, doing an arc. Towards the end of the sighting, which lasted about five seconds, they could see the shape of it. The object appeared to be a white orb that had long, skinny pyramidal wings that were moving—like a flapping motion.” Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, with a population of 428,827 as of 2018.

CASE 106427

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A Mexico witness in Playa del Carmen reported seeing a large Tic Tac flying with a row of large bright lights on the side, according to testimony in Case 106427. The witness was outside her house at 7:15 p.m. on February 16, 2020. “Looked up and saw large Tic Tac in sky. No sound. Close. Large. Continuous row of large bright white lights along side. Moving fairly slowly offshore towards Cozumel island. I was stunned. Went inside to draw what I saw. Told my husband and he laughed. There may have been a few wisps of vapor coming off it in places.” Steve Hudgeons, MUFON International Director of Investigation, closed this case as Unknown Aerial Vehicle. Playa del Carmen is a city located along the Caribbean Sea in the municipality of Solidaridad, in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The town has one of the fastest-growing populations in Mexico. l