Blinding flash on Highway 220
Around 1:40 a.m., Marshall County deputy Val Johnson spotted a brilliant object near Warren, Minnesota. His cruiser was engulfed by a beam, the windshield shattered, and he blacked out. Johnson awoke half an hour later with irritated eyes and malfunctioning instruments.12
Investigations and speculation
Photographs revealed odd dents and a crushed light bar. NICAP and CUFOS analyzed the damage but found no mundane cause. Skeptics blamed a collision with a road sign, yet no debris matched. Johnson later left the force, and the case remains unexplained.345