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Possible space debris found in a Stevens County cornfield

Stevens County deputies were called Wednesday afternoon to a harvested cornfield in western Minnesota, where they found a metal object about 11 feet across. The sheriff's office calls it presumably a space object. No one was hurt, officials say there is no danger to the public, and state and federal agencies are working to identify its owner and plan its removal.

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