PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6970622

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONAnoka Minnesota

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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-23-55
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Was Balloon 7i
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2July 1955 Anoka, Minnesota Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local _ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aireraft
000 Probably Aircraft
AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Forty Minutes Smu Unknown
One (1) Stationary
SIGHTING S166 111. COMMENTS
One, round, red glare, which appeared to be Due to the description of the oaject
like a light bulb, was the size of a soft- and the duratio of the sighting \this
ball held at arms length. headquarters is d the opilion that
the observer possible/saw a belloon
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) ".iK.
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