Two Minnesota witnesses report shooting at an object that made no sound and hovered in the air with a shape similar to an X-47B drone, according to February 2, 2012, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The reporting witness said the object hung in the air and "was flat black like a stealth bomber."
The two were fearful of what they were seeing.
"We were in fear," the reporting witness stated. "And trained a scoped Winchester Sportsman .30-06 deer rifle on the object, and fired three succesive shots center mass at the object, with no obvious effect, or ricochet sound. Man with me fired two slugs from a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun center mass, also with no effect."
They left the area immediately.
"We started to take off running through the woods, and the object pivoted direction and seemed to float/hover north. I don't not know where it went after and never saw it again."
No town name was mentioned in the public portion of the MUFON report, which was filed on February 2, 2012. The events occurred on November 14, 2011. No images or videos were included with the report. The above quotes were edited for clarity.
The Northrop Grumman X-47B is an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) that first flew in 2011.
Minnesota is a current UFO ALERT 5 rating, with a low number of UFO sightings nationally. Minnesota had 5 reports in December, the 34th highest reporting state - while California had 90 reports in January 2012 - the highest reporting state in the nation.
You can read more details about other recently reported cases at the UFO Examiner home page.
The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Minnesota MUFON State Director Lorna Hunter investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
MN, November 14, 2011 - Discharged .30-06 rifle and 12 ga. deer slug at device with no apparent effect. MUFON Case 35409.
This is still in my mind to this day, so I wanted to find out how to report it, which led me here. Shape similar X-47B drone, although device would just hover with no sound like stationary in the air and was flat black like a stealth bomber.
We were in fear after shortley, and trained a scoped winchester sportsman .30-06 deer rifle on the object, and fired 3 succesive shots center mass at the object, with no obvious effect, or ricochet sound. Man with me fired two slugs from a mossberg 12 gauge shotgun center mass, also with no effect.
We started to take off running through the woods, and the object pivoted direction and seem to float/hover north. I don not know where it went after, and never saw it again.
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