CaseFormation2015

Edina, MN, USA

Ring of lights hovering southwest of Minneapolis. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights from local casino?? PD))

Report quality: Low32/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (49 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2015-08-17
Where
Edina, MN, USA
Shape
Formation
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
44.890, -93.350 · exact
Slug
formation-over-edina-mn-2015-4d5c92
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Cluster flap2015

    MN flap 2015-08

    MN, USA

    13 sightings in geohash 9zvx (MN) during 2015 peak months 8–8; top shape circle

Flap

MN flap 2015-08

Logged as part of the MN flap 2015-08, a 13-report space-time cluster.

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In context

  • Edina, MN has 16 sightings on file here.
  • 2015 brought 152 reports from Minnesota.
  • The 2010s skewed 3.5% formation reports; the archive-wide figure is 3.3%.

Nearby in space & time

within 30 days

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