Another theory is that the scene was included to support the impression that this is a "true story": https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explan

Another theory is that the scene was included to support the impression that this is a "true story": https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanation-noah-hawley-season-two-1201687564/ https://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/fargo-ufo-meaning-explanat... > the movie says, ‘This is a true story.’ They put it in there because it ‘happened.’