Short Note / May 30, 2026
The Anoka UFO file has a blurry video and a tie-dye description
Anoka UFO is trending after FBI/NARA records described police employees watching a multicolored object for about 90 minutes. The video exists, but the file does not identify the object.
At about 1:17 in the morning, after a training debrief in Anoka, police employees were looking west at something that did not fit cleanly into the night sky.
The phrase now pulling traffic is simple: Anoka UFO.
The witness language is stranger: a multicolored object described like a "tie-dye" shirt in motion.
According to FOX 9, CBS Minnesota, and Bring Me The News, the incident sits in FBI/National Archives material tied to the UAP Records Collection. The reported sighting happened on February 19, 2025, around 1:17 a.m., after Anoka Police Department employees had finished training and were doing an after-action briefing near the station.
The witnesses said the object stayed visible for roughly 90 minutes. They described red, blue, green, and white lights, a sphere-like shape, and a pattern one account compared to six hula hoops with lights around each loop.
That is why the local file is suddenly moving: police witnesses, an FBI/NARA trail, one blurry video, and a description odd enough to stick.
The video problem
There is video, which is why the story clicks.
It is also the weakest part of the file.
The reporting says one witness recorded through binoculars with an iPhone. The result is a bright, blurry object in darkness. The image gives the story a face, but not enough shape, distance, movement, or scale to carry the larger claims by itself.
What keeps the case from being just another night-sky clip is the route it took: local police witnesses, Americans for Safe Aerospace, the FBI, and the National Archives.
Why it is moving now
Local TV gave it oxygen this week, and the search term followed. FOX 9 published on May 26. CBS Minnesota updated its report on May 28. Valley News Live picked it up on May 29.
The wider search mood helps too. People are already looking for UFO files, newly released UAP records, PURSUE, and government disclosure material. Anoka gives that traffic a cleaner local hook: police witnesses, a strange color description, a video, and an official-record trail.
What is still missing
The public reports do not identify the object. FOX 9 says the records were closed without further investigative action. Anoka's police chief told FOX 9 that at least one witness was a sworn officer, and that the department had not received additional sightings since the February 2025 incident.
The case is strong as a witness-and-record story.
It is much weaker as a video story.
Related UAP Logbook notes
- Latest UFO files released: where to check first
- war.gov UFO files: PURSUE portal, UAP videos, and old cases
- What is PURSUE? The UAP records release program explained
- AARO, PURSUE, and UAP file releases
Sources
- FOX 9: FBI documents detail reported UFO sighting involving Anoka police officers.
- CBS Minnesota: Newly declassified FBI documents detail UFO sighting by Anoka officers.
- Bring Me The News: Anoka police officers reported UFO sighting in early 2025.
- National Archives: Records Related to UFOs and UAPs.