PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8713377

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1954

REPORTED LOCATION400Miles South Of Minneapolis Minnesota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION AOO Miles SOuth of 12. CONCLUSIONS
Minneapolis, Minnesota 0 Was Balloon 7
1 June 1954 D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local. 21000(N) Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aireraft
.Probobly Aircraft
GMT 02/0300Z AirVisual Air-Intercapt Radar Possibly Aircraft
PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yos Probably Astronomical
No Military - Passibly Asttonomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE D Other UNIDENTFIED
For approximately 400 100 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
nautical. i1 7 H
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object with unning appeared to be UNTUENPIFED
following AF A/0 652:, (B-l7), Est, Alt of
object - varied from J40p0 to 440co ft. A/C
following on same flirht, Reguested to tum
off Bights. Object till virible, No Radar
contact.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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De ORJIECT ALTITUDE FROM 24000 TO 44000 FEET.
E. AF REPORTED OVER MINNEAPOLIS AT 2205C
ESTIMATIN AEST COURSE OF DESMOINES LA AT 2240C.
HUOUS OBSERVANCE OF OBJECT
FRO TURN AT MINNEAPOLIST
RETURN KSDALE,
LE DALLAS
MINNEAPOLIS.
H. BARKSDALE ESTIMATING HINNEAPOLIS AT 2220C : AT
3502 DID NOT OBSERVE ANY OBJECT OR AIRCRAFT
AHEAI QUESTED JUESTE HIS RUNNING LIGHTS FOR HIS RUNNING LIGHTS FOR
IFICATION. ATTON THIS WAS DONE WAS DONE HOWEVER THE OBJECT WITH
LBE BE RUNNING RUNN LIGHTS WAS STILL VISIBLE TO STILL VISIBLE AF 6597. AF 6597.
SITES ITES IN THE IN TH VICINITY OF JICINITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WERE WERE UNABLE
FO VERII FO VE ISTENCE ISTENCE OF THE OBJECT EAPOLIS APOLIS 213 9C 213 OC
45DO OVERCAST VISIBILITY VISTBIIIT MORE
ALT 2987. AT 2230C 41 BROKEN
VIS 57/50 WIND NNE 12 ALT 2987. BOTH
ITOP IN THE CLEAR OVER MINNEAPOLIS
AT ABOUT IOUSAND FEET.
I. JUNE 210EC.
J. AND . UNKNOWN,
32/1125Z.JUN JEPHQ
6T 20
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