NUFORC Sighting 47744

Occurred: 2005-11-07 19:00 Local
Reported: 2005-11-16 07:19 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Maple Grove, MN, USA

Shape: Light

Very Bright object and I mean Very Bright! watched about 5 min. returned 15 min later gone

Went outside to have a cigerette on my deck. While looking south at the moon, at about SSE, there was an object that was was Very Bright, way to bright to be star or planet and way to bright to be a plane sitting stationary (we are right in the fly way for an airport so we know what planes look like coming in ).

I called my wife and had her come out and she also witnesed the object. The object was there tell I finished my cigerette.

When I went back out about about 15 minutes later it was gone.

I probably would not have reported it, but noticed some one in MTKA MN had seen what sounds to be the exact same thing (and where I was looking was right where MTKA would be) but there sighting seems to be a little later.

Whatever it was, it was BRIGHT.

((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))

I have already sent a report on this, but wanted to mention a mistake I made. The object I seen was SSW. Would of there been possibly a star in this area? I was looking directly South. The moon was out and this object was was about halfway between the horizon and the moon and about 15 degrees to the right. Exactly where the MTKA sighting was on the same date. Not that I was seeing the same object. But it was really something to see. If anyone could just give me friendly email to let me know, it would be very much appreciated. I Have always been very interested in UFO's ever since as a child at the age of about 13 me and about 6 other kids were out in a swampy area in Minnetonka, where I grew up. We used to go out in the cat tails and and pat down a circle and hang out together. One evening it was getting dark, and we all decided that we should probably get going. We all stood up and, when one of my friends looked up and said hey look at that! I looked up and to my surprise was three star looking objects in a triangle. the wierd thing is that this tringle of three star looking objects were so high up that they looked to be up in space, and also that they were moving at a slight angle straight up into space. As far away as they were ( if you held out a marble in your fingers that's about how spaced they were), the triangle had to be so far apart I can't even begin wonder how far apart they were to make that triangle. They just kept moving almost staight up into space tell we couldn't see them. This all happenend in a matter of about 20 to 30 seconds. Very impressive. I hope I am not wasting your time, but after seeing that I have always been very interested.

NUFORC Note:

We note that the planet Mars would have been in generally the same area of the sky that the witness indicates above. PD

Posted 2005-12-16