UFO in MN?

ShrewLWD · Post by **ShrewLWD** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:00 am

Did any of you see this? I did, and watched it for about 3 hours.

I'm really surprised there hasn't been more curiosity or research, given what we seem to know already...

http://wcco.com/siteSearch/local_story_232202348.html

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4938203.html

http://www.kstptv5.com/article/stories/s1972.html

Anyone have a link newer than these with a better clarification?

Eric S · Post by **Eric S** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:19 am

Has anyone seen Alex Peterson since his mega session on Wed?

SCOTT RIDOUT · Post by **SCOTT RIDOUT** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:28 am

It's funny how everytime something like this shows up NOBODY not even a news station can get a decent picture of it? With all the technology the news companys have they could have been able to see the driver's face, but again probably another hoax, being nobody is claiming it.

johnbaker17 · Post by **johnbaker17** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:54 am

Actually, they got the object on video. It was on the channel 5 news that night. Dave Dahl also took a good look at it through a high-powered telescope. He described it as a round white object with a black circle in the middle. That was apparent from the clip on the news too. Turns out it was actually black with a large white ring on it with a black center within the ring. The balloon came from a 50-year anniversary party. The party organizers got two huge balloons (we're talking house-sized), one with a 5 and one with a 0. (white numbers on black material) The 0 balloon broke free the night before the sightings and ended up somewhere in the stratosphere.
Before this info came out, Dave Dahl had said it was a weather balloon from Canada large enough to fit 3 747's inside. (I guess that's fairly normal for these things. WOW.) He estimated that size based on the observation that the balloon wasn't affected by any wind, and thus above the stratosphere where there isn't any wind. Either the 0 balloon ended up elsewhere and the UFO was indeed a weather balloon, or it was the 0 ballon and somehow lower than Dave thought.
Either way, there are some ladies in the cities with a giant balloon that has a 5 on it. That's cool.

"And I'm John, bringing you news everyone else knows about cuz they're not out windancing all the time... signing out."