{"id":633778,"date":"2026-10-17T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633778\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:34:10","slug":"a-farmer-found-an-11-foot-metal-object-in-a-minnesota-cornfield-its-origin-remains-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633778\/","title":{"rendered":"A farmer found an 11-foot metal object in a Minnesota cornfield. Its origin remains a mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-foot metallic object found in a western Minnesota cornfield is being investigated by state and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>ALBERTA, Minn \u2014 An 11-foot-wide metallic <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4i18Zhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">object\u00a0<\/a>believed to be debris from space was found in a Minnesota cornfield, prompting a response from state and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Stevens County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said deputies received a call around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday about foreign debris in a cornfield in Scott Township in western Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>When deputies arrived, they found a large metallic object measuring about 11 feet in diameter. The sheriff&#8217;s office described it as &#8220;presumably a space object,&#8221; but its origin has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A farmer discovered the object while harvesting the cornfield and estimated it had been there for about six weeks, based on the size of the corn growing beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also told the station that the object has serial numbers, which could help investigators identify its owner.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Duty Officer was notified, and federal agencies responded. The sheriff&#8217;s office said it is working with state and federal agencies to identify the owner and coordinate the object&#8217;s removal from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said there is no danger to the public. Further details about the object&#8217;s origin and purpose have not been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 11-foot metallic object found in a western Minnesota cornfield is being investigated by state and federal agencies.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-633778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}