Welcome to the Insiders Section of our Website! Here you will find information on some of our more intriguing cases. You will also be able to learn more about Northland MUFON, MN MUFON, and our Field Investigators. As always, if you have any questions, would like to learn more, or if you would like to attend any of our monthly Field Investigator meetings, please contact us at NorthlandMUFONInfo@gmail.com.
Northland MUFON Insiders Content
Yes! Ufology is a Subject Academics Should be Researching!
Meet Matthew Hayes: A PhD that dared to complete his Doctorate with a Dissertation on the History of UFOs in Canada.
I’m an educator, researcher, and filmmaker.
Dr. Hayes teaches philosophy, politics, English, and ethics at Northern Lakes College. He received his PhD from Trent University and held a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario. He studies conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, “cranks,” UFOs and the supernatural, and Cold War espionage.
My doctoral research was featured on CBC Radio’s Ideas, which became the subject of my book Search for the Unknown.
Dr. Hayes’ was kind enough to allow us to share his dissertation right here on our website. Here is Dr. Hayes’ Dissertation – Enjoy!
A_History_of_Canada_s_UFO_Investigation_1950_1995 Dr. Matthew Hayes
Thank you Dr. Matthew Hayes!
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Bill Konkolesky
Saturday August 16th
August 16th Bill Konkolesky Presentation:
“Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds”
Meeting Re-Cap:
Michigan State MUFON Director Bill Konkolesky has had a lifetime of unexplained experiences from a very young age. While listening to his presentation, you can sense the openness and wonder he has for the very extraordinary events that have shaped his life for over 44 years.
The events began when he was very young and have continued into adulthood. Bill has been visited regularly by three “gray aliens” who speak to him telepathically however, sometimes he is able to hear their discussions with each other! For instance, there were girls he was dating as a young man and the grays determined they weren’t “the right one” or “the one”. (Wouldn’t that be helpful??) He may have appreciated their views a little more in hindsight than in real time, but Bill isn’t afraid to share the humility of relationship strife and the lessons he’s learned. Now an adult with children of his own, he is very careful to shield his family from a topic that can be controversial and traumatic.
If you ever have an experience that you can’t explain, Bill is the kind of person you would want to reach out to. He is very genuine and personable – a delight to listen to, with a very sensible approach to what some may deem bizarre. Bill is the real deal, and encourages people to pay attention to the little instances of high strangeness that we all encounter from time to time but pass off as a “that was weird” moment and then promptly forget about it.
Bill’s first book is “Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds”, available on Amazon and his second book is “Experiencer 2: Two Worlds Collide” . We highly recommend you check these out for down-to-Earth recounting of an amazing lifetime of experiences. There is a third book in the works as well and we can’t wait!
https://experiencer.me/index.html
We look forward to seeing you in September for Jim Pennistons’s presentation!
Watch the Full Meeting from the Meeting Archives
Bill’s Bio:
Bill Konkolesky has been the State Director of the Michigan Chapter of the Mutual UFO Network since 2004.
After a lifetime of his own UFO and abduction encounters, he’s spent the last three decades actively investigating these otherworldly phenomena, trying to make some sense of the bizarre events that have happened to him personally. What he’s discovered confronting these cosmic mysteries is that reality is far stranger than he could have ever imagined.
Konkolesky is the author of the autobiographical “Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds” as well the newly released “Experiencer: Two Worlds Collide,” and his personal abduction experiences have been chronicled in the SyFy documentary “Abduction Diaries,” streaming documentary “Abducted by Aliens: UFO Encounters of the 4th Kind,” and the ABC news special “UFOs: Seeing is Believing.”
He has also served as consultant to Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries,” the History Channel’s “Hangar 1” and “UFO Hunters,” National Geographic Channel’s “The Truth Behind,” as well as the Science Channel’s “Uncovering Aliens” and “Close Encounters.”
Bill’s Website can be found “here“
Bill’s books can be purchased on Amazon. Just click on the pictures!
Interested in Viewing More Previous Meeting Recaps?
See them here: https://northlandmufon.com/meeting-re-caps
Northland MUFON Presents:
Jim Penniston
Saturday Sept. 27, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CDT Grand Rapids, MN and Fargo, ND
And of Course Online!
Jim Penniston Presents:
“The Rendlesham Enigma”
Jim will be with us via Zoom
Q&A Session After the Presentation
Jim’s Bio:
Jim Penniston, USAF Security Forces/Retired.
He entered the Air Force in 1973 and served over twenty years active duty in the US Air Force. He was assigned to the Strategic Air Command Elite Guard in Omaha Nebraska, providing security for General Officers, Congressmen, Foreign Heads of States, and the President and members of his Cabinet. Penniston held key assignments throughout the world. Including service in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He wrote defense, security, counter-terrorism, and contingency plans for the USAF and NATO. Additionally, he provided security support for Air Force One, and other classified aircraft weapon systems. Penniston held for the majority of his twenty year career, a U.S. TOP SECRET/BI/SCI and a NATO TOP SECRET COSMIC/ATOMAL security clearance. Sergeant Penniston and his team were “First Responders” to a security investigation of a craft-of-unknown-origin, located just outside RAF Woodbridge, England. In December 1980 that case, is known as the Rendlesham Forest Incident, and is the most documented account in military history. Jim is a frequent lecturer and presenter at numerous MUFON and other related events and conferences of similar subject matter. A speaker at two National Press Club events; His first responder’s account of the Rendlesham Forest Incident has been featured worldwide on numerous television and radio programs. In addition, Penniston is an Author and has been a contributor to other books concerning this phenomenon.
Learn More About Jim:
The Rendlesham Forest incident Official Blog
Northland MUFON Presents:
Sev Tok
Saturday Oct. 25, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CDT Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Sev Tok Will Present:
“TBD”
Sev will be with us via Zoom.
Q&A Session After the Presentation
Sev’s Bio:
On September 16, 2017 Sev Tok’s life changed. The secret she had been hiding for 45 years exposed itself. The reality of her life-long ET Contact could no longer remain hidden. What she thought were dreams, were not – dreams don’t burn a red X into your back. On September 25, she had another shock to her reality. Another red X was burned into her back and she had a conscious memory of lying on her back on a table unable to move and coming face-to-face with a Grey. She was scared to death. She documents her struggles processing her ET encounters in her book, You Have The Right To Talk To Aliens. “I describe some of my ET Contact, the messages I was given, and how the ETs changed my life for the better. “Coming out” was very hard for me, but it has brought happiness and a deeper connection to my life purpose. Denying the truth about my reality inhibited my spiritually expansion, which did not allow me to express my authenticity.” She now offers help to Experiencers by creating the ET Encounters forum where she encourage Experiencers to share their story with her privately.
You can find out more about Sev through her website and Alien Spirit with Sev YouTube channel.
Northland MUFON Presents:
– To Be Announced –
Nov. 22nd, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Guest Presentation:
“TBD”
Northland MUFON Presents:
Lenval Logan
Dec. 20th, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm Central Time Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Logan Will Present:
“TBD”
Logan will be with us via Zoom.
Q&A Session After the Presentation
Logan’s Bio:
Logan’s career bridges military intelligence, scientific skepticism, and public engagement with the unknown. Originally from the UK, Lenval “Logan” served for 20 years in the US Airforce and 15 years as a government contractor. He has had a long interest in and studied unexplained phenomena and scientific inquiry. He’s an active member of MUFON, Scientific Coalition for UAO Studies, and National Capital Area Skeptics. Became a member of the U.S. government’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force, focusing on analyzing and identifying unexplained aerial objects. He Investigated reports of unidentified craft near nuclear sites and military installations and advocated for transparency and better data collection in the field of UAPs.
He is the CEO of Phenom LLC, which developed the Phenom app—a platform for reporting UAP and paranormal sightings. The app aims to democratize data collection and reduce stigma around unexplained phenomena.
Media Appearances:
- Featured in James Fox’s documentary The Program
- Appears in The Age of Disclosure by Dan Farah and Lue Elizondo
- Participated in Season 5 of The Proof Is Out There on The History Channel
- Guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast (Episode #2264)
MN MUFON Presents:
Debbie Zeigelmeyer
Saturday Dec. 13, 2025
2:00pm – 5:00pm CST
New Brighton Community Center (New Brighton, MN) and Online!
Debbie will Present:
“TBD”
Debbie will be with us via Zoom
More information soon!
Debbie’s Bio:
Debbie Ziegelmeyer joined MUFON in 2000 and became a Field Investigator shorty after. She is currently a MUFON Star Team Investigator, Missouri State Director, on the MUFON Business Board of Directors, a MUFON MARRS team member, co-founder of the MUFON Dive Team, and the MUFON Functional Director of Underwater Research and Recovery. She has over 1200 completed UFO investigations, with over 875 of them being MUFON sighting reports.
Debbie has been a Roswell 1947 crash investigator for over 25 years and is a member of Ted Phillips’s T.P.R.C. Team. In 2017 she was awarded both the “Roswell Incident Excellence Award” by the Roswell Daily Record, and MUFON “Field Investigator of the Year”. Debbie’s book “The Alien Colonization of Earth’s Waterways” which was released in September 2021, is A Reference Guide to UFO-USO Water Related Activity.
She and her husband Wayne currently live in southeast Missouri and own and manage Largo Properties, LLC. and Custom RV and Boat Storage. Debbie is also a PADI Scuba Instructor and owner of Missouri Scuba Diving, LLC.
Dive into the experiences of Roger Kvande in his book “Extraterrestrial Odyssey”
Back on April 22, 1966, Roger Kvande had a remarkable experience. One that so very few of us humans can have. He piloted a UFO right down main street in the middle of the afternoon in Bagley MN! He has also had a lifetime of experiences that most of us can’t comprehend. Read all about Roger and what he’s gone through. You’ll think twice the next time look up in the sky! Roger has been so kind as to offer back to Northland a portion of each book he sells. Get them while they are available!
Available on Amazon and other outlets.
Read Stan Gordon’s Yearly update Click here!
Stan Gordon has presented to Northland in 2024, his presentation on The UFO, Bigfoot, and Orb connection was absolutely fascinating!
Check out our YouTube channel to watch that meeting. Or just scroll to our Past meeting archive on this page!
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