Anoka, Minnesota, United States
A Multicolored Sphere Filmed by Anoka Police, Minnesota (19 February 2025)
Just after 01:17 on 19 February 2025, at least three Anoka Police Department employees, including a sworn officer, reported watching a multicoloured light/object for roughly 90 minutes from Anoka, later relocating to a parking ramp. One officer filmed through binoculars. FBI-related records now in t
Why This Case Matters
A rare recent case with multiple professional witnesses, a federal documentary trail and released imagery. Its evidential strength is documentation rather than proof of extraordinary flight, because a bright scintillating celestial source viewed through binoculars/phone optics remains a serious explanation.
Chronology
- 19 Feb 2025 ~01:17 group notices multicoloured object after training/debrief
- witnesses relocate to Anoka Municipal Ramp and observe ~90 min
- one officer films iPhone through binoculars; another reportedly drives toward object to Elk River
- report passes through Americans for Safe Aerospace to FBI
- FBI records/clip later enter NARA RG 615
- case closed without further investigative action
The Witnesses
Evidence
The following evidence types are documented for this case:
Conventional explanations: A bright star/planet low on the horizon undergoing atmospheric scintillation is a strong candidate for a long-duration multicoloured point, especially when apparent rings/jumps are amplified by binocular-phone optics and hand motion. Aircraft, drone or balloon remain secondary alternatives. The reported separate daytime clip has not been independently examined.
What Remains Unresolved
- Exact NARA catalog entries and complete attachments
- astronomical reconstruction from Anoka at 01:17–02:47
- identity/timing of any second video
- precise witness bearings
- whether reported rapid jumps occurred naked-eye or only optically
- full closure rationale.
Key Takeaways
- Federal archiving establishes that the report was received and preserved, not that the object was non-human. Separate the 90-minute naked-eye testimony from optical artefacts in the released clip and test a celestial-source reconstruction before escalating the anomaly.
Sources
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