{"id":883858,"date":"2026-10-16T02:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883858\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:34:10","slug":"possible-space-debris-discovered-in-minnesota-cornfield-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883858\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible space debris discovered in Minnesota cornfield, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">SCOTT TOWNSHIP, M.N. (Dakota News Now) &#8211; Possible space debris was found in a cornfield in Scott Township, according to the Stevens County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Possible space debris discovered in Minnesota cornfield, officials say\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/XVSH5RP4E5A6JFCPKPLQELOCOE.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1306\" \/>Possible space debris discovered in Minnesota cornfield, officials say(Stevens County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials said the Sheriff\u2019s Office received a call on Oct. 14 reporting foreign debris in a cornfield. Deputies responded and confirmed a large, metallic object approximately 11 feet in diameter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Sheriff\u2019s Office described the object as presumably a space object.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies are working with state and federal agencies to identify the owner and plan for removal from the field. Officials said there is no danger to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Dakota News Now. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTT TOWNSHIP, M.N. (Dakota News Now) &#8211; Possible space debris was found in a cornfield in Scott Township,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-883858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}