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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Dr. Seth Shostak
Saturday May 24th
Dr. Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at SETI
Dr. Shostak was unable to join us.
Meeting Re-Cap:
Once in a while, a program that would otherwise run smooth as silk has a snag.. Our presentations, 18 of them currently, have gone really well with minimal issues. However, on this Memorial Day weekend we had some technical difficulties. It happens. Computers and connections can be fickle. This month’s presenter, Dr. Seth Shostak confirmed everything the day before. Something must have come up because he was unable to be there. This has never happened before and we sincerely hope all is well with Dr. Shostak! Let’s hope that we had all of our issues on this one day only, and the rest of the year we’ll have smooth sailing!
Our Northland MUFON team, undaunted in the face of adversity, stepped right up and kept everyone engaged with current UFO investigations and great discussion on sightings in the northland such as: https://northlandmufon.com/minnesota-arrowhead-ufo-landing/ and the history of crop circles in NW Minnesota.
We also discussed the Hessdalen Lights phenomenon in Norway. Here is a link to Clas Svahn’s Northland MUFON presentation Archive Video.
This is a great time to bring up the topic of becoming a Field Investigator or a volunteer. Some things a volunteer can do are:
- Help distribute flyers – this is our least expensive method of advertising.
- Share our website and social media links with friends and family.
- On social media, it’s important that people “like” us, so even if you are on the fence about UFOs and aliens, you are helping us to get closer to the truth of what is out there – we want to know too!
- We can use some help with IT during our presentations.
- We could also use some help at Expos in the area.
Becoming a Field Investigator (FI) is pretty straight forward. There is a small fee for the manual, and you can use this manual to study for the open book test. There are FIs who are available to mentor you on your first investigations, which can be done in person or sometimes over the phone/internet. You will need to have a computer that can display images and video. There are helpful software programs that will be shown to help you. There are other basic things you may need to do investigations, such as a compass, tape measure, containers for soil samples, and items as simple as stakes and twine – and CURIOSITY!
The Joke of the Month, sponsored by www.fullcirclesoul.net and the Itasca Bigfoot Research Center, is:
“What do you call a leaky UFO”? A crying saucer.
Wa wa wa…badoom tish!
Next month’s presenter is Avi Loeb, June 21st!!
Come and see us at Remer Bigfoot Days in Remer, MN on July 11-12th!!
Dr. Shostak’s Bio:
Dr. Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in Mountain View, California. He is one of the most prominent public voices in the scientific search for intelligent life beyond Earth. Shostak holds a Ph.D. in astronomy and has spent decades researching cosmic phenomena, with a focus on radio astronomy and the search for alien civilizations through detectable signals.
He is known for his clear, engaging communication style and frequently appears in documentaries, public talks, and radio programs (including as a regular on Coast to Coast AM and NPR). Shostak is also the host of the SETI Institute’s podcast “Big Picture Science,” where he explores science and technology topics with humor and insight.
Shostak is skeptical of UFOs as evidence of extraterrestrial visitation, maintaining that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence — but he’s a passionate advocate for scientifically grounded efforts to detect intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
Dr. Shostak has expressed his optimism about the search for extraterrestrial life:
“I bet everyone that I’ve spoken to about this a cup of coffee that we’ll do it within two dozen years.”
— Seth Shostak Space
This statement reflects his confidence in the advancements of technology and the increasing number of exoplanets being discovered, which may harbor life. BrainyQuote+2Next Big Future+2WIRED+2
Listen to Dr. Shostak’s weekly radio show:
www.bigpicturescience.org
www.patreon.com/bigpicturescience
Read the book: “Confessions of an Alien Hunter” (National Geographic)
Web: www.seti.org
MN MUFON Presents:
Nancy Thames
Saturday June 14!
2:00pm – 5:00pm CST
New Brighton Community Center (New Brighton, MN) and Online!
Nancy’s Presentation:
“Beyond Contact: Frequency, Mimicry, and the Collapse of the Old UFO Narrative”
Nancy will be with us via Zoom
Nancy will reveal how contact is not about beings in ships — but fields in collapse. She will explain why traditional UFO cases are often mimicry overlays, how “ET” stories were seeded to distract from Oversoul awakening, and why experiencers are now reclaiming the narrative from institutions, governments, and performance-based disclosure.
Nancy’s Bio:
Nancy Thames is a lifelong experiencer, researcher, and speaker on frequency-based contact, Oversoul embodiment, and mimicry collapse. Her work focuses on exposing distortion in modern disclosure, correcting the narrative around extraterrestrials, and activating remembrance through resonance rather than belief. She is the founder of Time for Disclosure and the author of over 100 public articles unpacking multidimensional interface, planetary history, and the truth behind staged events.
Find Out More About Nancy on Her Website:
timefordisclosure.com
Northland MUFON Presents:
Avi Loeb
Saturday June 21st!
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST in Grand Rapids, MN & Fargo, ND
Avi will be with us via Zoom.
Avi’s Bio:
Abraham “Avi” Loeb is an Israeli and American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology. Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, where since 2007 he has been Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Center for Astrophysics. Loeb is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2015, he was appointed as the science theory director for the Breakthrough Initiatives of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. In 2018, he suggested that alien space craft may be in our Solar System, using the interstellar object ʻOumuamua as an example.
Read articles and Essays by Avi Loeb at his website:
https://avi-loeb.medium.com
Northland MUFON Presents:
Dana Louise
Saturday July 26!
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST in Grand Rapids, MN and Fargo, ND
and of course Online!
Dana’s Presentation:
“This is Going to Sound Weird”
Dana will be with us via Zoom.
“In 2023 Dana Louise printed her memoir about the multilayered experiences which began for her in the crib. Months later she gave a talk to her local Mufon branch in New Brighton, MN. Four months after that she received a phone call from (how she terms it) “A mysterious man with a ‘Baloney sandwich’ story.” She knew immediately who and what he was, even if she didn’t confront him about those facts. Dana fully believes that this man discovered her and came forward because of her talk with Mufon. They met in person and he handed over a file about her father. This was full confirmation of everything she suspected! Just to let you know, she wishes she had more time to speak to you today! Because she has a lot to say!”
Dana’s Bio:
“Dana Louise is a wife, and mother of two sons. She lives in St Paul MN and has worn many hats over the decades. Her PAST includes: A finalist on Norwegian Reality Show “ALT FOR NORGE,” a food-truck owner, a Death Doula, Reiki Master Teacher, Minister, TFT level II Practitioner, and more. Today Dana completely commits herself to her work as an Author and Speaker. Her personal experiences with the Weird are all covered in THIS.
Learn more about Dana at:
DanaLouise.com and THISisGonnaSoundWeird on YouTube.“
Northland MUFON Presents:
Bill Konkolesky
Saturday Aug. 16, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Bill Konkolesky, Michigan State Director
“Experiencer: Raised in Two Worlds”
Bill will be with us via Zoom.
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!
Northland MUFON Presents:
Jim Penniston
Saturday Sept. 27, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST Grand Rapids, MN and Fargo, ND
And of Course Online!
Jim Penniston Presents:
“The Rendlesham Enigma”
Jim will be with us via Zoom
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 CST Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Sev Tok Will Present:
“TBD”
Sev will be with us via Zoom.
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 –
November, 2025
2:00pm – 4:30pm CST Grand Rapids, MN – Fargo, ND – And Online!
Guest Presentation:
“TBD”
They may be with us via Zoom.
Guest Bio:
Coming Soon!
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!
Guest Bio:
Coming Soon!
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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