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Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota · Dakota County · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro
Minneapolis is a large city in Minnesota with a population of 426,845. Residents earn $80,269 per year, which is 7% above the national average.
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
426,845
Population
7,905/sq mi density
$80,269
Median Income
$50,605 per capita
$345,600
Home Value
$327,043 Zillow
$1,329
Median Rent
28.7% income on rent
48°F
Avg Temperature
269 sunny days/yr
926
Violent Crime/100K
4,517 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.1 / 5.0
$80,269 median income, 4.2% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.3 / 5.0
$345,600 home value, $1,329/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
926 violent crimes/100K (144% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
54.5% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Minneapolis, MN
84 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Minneapolis, MN.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis (northeast of), MN | 2013 | Orange/reddish circle object NE mpls flying below strom cloud near down town mpls. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | I was standing near the corner of Washington and Oak St in Minneapolis, MN and noticed a long perfectly straight beam of like about 50m |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | Silent v-shaped objects with dim blue lights flew north over downtown Minneapolis |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | Moving red spheres in sky. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | Orange/blue light-ball cluster over downtown Minneapolis 1/17/13. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | Bright red light/s, no noise, moving moderate speed and low in east sky, moving south to north. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2013 | Bright light almost like a bright star with bright light luminating. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD)) |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | I saw 3 blinking red lights that blinked from bright red to white in a triangle formation flying south at same speed. It was silent and |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | Red Lights over Minneapolis |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | Objects Generating Intense Burst Of Light And Disapear |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | V-shaped stealth aircraft |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | Orange objects over south Minneapolis sky |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | I was in uptown Minneapolis near the Ice House and got video of 6-8 bright orange lights floating across the sky. Several people on th |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | About a dozen strange silent orange lights in a formation flew slowly over the night sky in Minneapolis, MN |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2012 | 6 orange fireballs flying quickly above Minneapolis. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2011 | Two orbs emitting no light moving together until one starts to circle the other then attach themseleves. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2011 | Craft over wells fargo building |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2011 | Round white object over Minneapolis that disappeared |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2010 | disc shaped craft seen over kenwood neighborhood Minneapolis |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2010 | A amber light with a surrounding halo was hovering above Wells Fargo Center for approximately 5 minutes on 3 separate occasions. It wo |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2010 | a oval ring of 11 light sources. seen for about 15 mins , taken shots of the sighting |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2010 | UFO over mpls 5/28/2010. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus?? PD)) |
| Bloomington/minneapolis, MN | 2009 | I was driving on a highly used freeway across a bridge. I Don't remember much, I just remember feeling like this doesn't seem normal. P |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2009 | light moved from the nnw to the ssw then changed direction sharply and headed nnw, diffuse red in color. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2009 | Bright star like objects |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2009 | UFO - Viewed From Downtown Minneapolis, MN |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2009 | strange white lights ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights? PD)) |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2009 | Very bright light under clouds that isn't moving. ((NUFORC Note: Venus, sighted through overcast? PD)) |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | lighted object circling over Minneapolis, then makes a few dramatic directional changes and zooms away. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | Circling Shiny Objects |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | A three-light object was observed hovering and moving above the Wells-Fargo Bldg. in downtown Minneapolis, MN |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | 20-30 orbs in birdlike formation heading east from west. City lights illuminated bottoms of orbs |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | A large, green, glowing ball of light moved from West to east in a sharp downward angle across the southern horizon. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2008 | triangle shape air craft |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2007 | UFO sited at Minnehaha Creek in Minneapokis Minnesota |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | green flash |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | Two spheres flying in tight formation near Ford Parkway bridge |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | Glowing green object crosses Twin Cities at low altitude |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | green flash |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2006 | The following sighting reports are very similar to the one my mother, father, North Minneapolis and I had back in 1975. This is the sec |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | Flash of light in sky |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | Appearing As A Shooting Star |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | white disk shaped object! |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | A triangular shaped object with yellow lights flew around eradically for about a minute in the sky. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2005 | Flashing Ring floats S-SW from Minneapolis view area 45 minutes |
| Minneapolis area, MN | 2004 | Daylight star over twin cities, minnesota. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | large object minneapolis baffles experts. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | I seen an object in the sky, thought it was a balloon, but it was too large and too high, in five minutes it barely moved. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | White high-altitude object suspended over Twin Cities and witnessed for 12 hours |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | White sphere viewed with naked eye and telescope in broad daylight was most likely a high altitude balloon |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | I saw a light in the sky, it was moving around at odd angles, would disappear and reappear. I had pointed it out to two people who were |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | seen three fireball type crafts hovering over local park as i was walking back from friends house. the center craft had a beem of green |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | Long rectangular vertical shaped object with several bright white strobbing lights |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | bright light falling from sky |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | Silver cylindrical object; no wings; no vapor trail; no sound passing SE to NW just before sundown. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | Silver metallic cylinder moving slowly on Hwy 55 Minneapolis from east to west |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2004 | Look to the clouds |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2003 | Three faint blue triangles high in the sky. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2002 | Flying from west to east nearly straight up from my location. Three dots in a string apearing to follow each other. Caught my Eye while |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2001 | We were at FL330/33ꯠft ((deleted)) bound ((deleted))-Chicago 3/26/01 @ 0440 Central Time. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2001 | Dark object seen in early morning sky , vanishes. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2001 | Minneapolis-two flashes of robin egg blue lightening behind clouds, leaving sky lit a little lighter in that area for 45 minutes after. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2001 | Very bright star disappearing quickly (10sec) |
| Minneapolis, MN | 2000 | Light over minneapolis |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1999 | Two bright Spherical shapes chasing each other at high speed |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1999 | Fast moving blue-white light. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1999 | investigated light. saw object moving toward me. circular not a helicopter. Saw two occupants through "windshield". Looked human, on |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1999 | From 4:35 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on 6/24/99, Minneapolis, MN 55454, on Washington Avenue ("7 Corners"), I saw in the north sky a bright whit |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1998 | I saw a disk hovering above some suburbs with a light shinning down below before disappearing in a streak of light. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1998 | Object just sat in the air glowing brightly, then dimmed. There seemed to be no pattern to it. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1997 | A small V of lights moving very quickly from west to east |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1997 | Morphing Triangle |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1993 | Giant triangle-shaped craft at very low altitude right over North Minneapolis |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1991 | 5-6 silver, egg-shaped craft desending one by one at early sunrise on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1977 | The red and green lights were in a triangular configuration and just hovered above the airport with no sound |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1977 | Saucer Shaped Craft, Late 70's in suburban Minneapolis, around 9pm. seen at extremely close range of 40 feet |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1975 | Sighting of triangle object and caveman (yeah, I know--sounds like I am out of my mind, but there were two of us) |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1975 | Large trinagular craft spotted over Mpls, MN in 1975 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1974 | It was a beautiful summer day and me and my close friend were walking my girlfriend home from school we were about 15 years old at the |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1967 | In October 1967, 2 Disks sited heading north over Minneapolis MN. |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1965 | A firery ball came from a high altitude at a steep angle in the northern sky. It leveled off and changed to a dome shape with a pulsati |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1959 | Silver Bullet |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1959 | Flying while in the Marine Corps in a AD Skuraider & with a wing man, at apprx 6ꯠ ft observed Four Red cly objects estimating at 20, |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1947 | July 1947 around 5 pm I saw a gray disc-like object in the sky which newscaster Cedric Adams mentioned later |