PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971915

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONSt Paul Minnesota

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. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2d
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon was balloon
14 14 Aug 55 Aug 55 St Paul, Minnesota 0 0 Probobly Probobly Balloon Balloon
3. 3. 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Lecal Ground-Visual Ground-Radar d Was Aircraft
00 Probobly Aircraft
GMT GMT 14/2054Z 14/2054Z Air-Visual Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 00 0 Probably Astronomical
xNo xxNo civilian civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other Other_
5 - 10 seconds 1 ELX Insufficient Data for Evaluation for Evaluation
0 Unknown
OF SIGHTING SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Spherical shape. ange e to red orange, traveled Insuficient data for evaluation.
straight path at speed, passed through
45 deg arc.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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.1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
24 Aug 55 St Paul, Minnesota 000 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Locol. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 14/2054Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys 000 Probably Astronamical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
5 - 10 seconds 1 GX Insufficient luation
0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUM 10. BRIEF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS COMMENTS
Spherical shape. Spherical shape. Orange to red orange, traveled Orange to re orange, traveled Insuficient data for evaluation.
straight path at even speed , passed through
45 deg arc.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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FM OIC FLT 2-A 46B2D AISS SNELLING AFS ST PAUL MINN
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPNGS COLO
INFO ZEN/COMDR 3IST ADIV ST PAUL MINN
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/UNCLASSIFIED/AIS2A 083. UFOB. 1A SPHERICAL SHAPE B AT ARMS LENGTH
IS WAS LARGER THAN A PIN HEAD AND MALLER THAN A PEA C ORANGE TO RED
CRANGE D N/A E N/A F NONE G NONE H NONE I NONE 2A OBSR LAYING ON
EEACH W/FACE TOWARD SKY WHEN OBJECT WAS SIGHTED B DIRECTLY ABOVE ( −
OBSR C OBJECT 05 TO 13 DEG OFF TRUE NOR (005 TO 010 DEG) DISAPPEARED
45 TO 5E DEG FROM HORIZ D OBJECT TVL A STRAIGHT ATH AT EVEN SPEED (
E OBJECT JUST DISAPPEARED F SIGHTED 5 TO 10 SECONDS 3A GND-VIS B
N/A C N/A 4A 2054Z 14 AUG 55 B DAY 5 GEOREF FKMQ 4257 7 6 JEAN P
NYSTROM 2/LT 0405751SUSAR CMM AAA CMM ON INACTIVE : STATUS CMM NOT
POSSIBLE 7A CLEAR CMM SURFACE WINDS MODERATEB SURFACE 150 DEG 11KT
CMM 6003 FT 249 DEG G 20 KT CMM 10000 FT 270 DEG 20 KT CMM 16000 FT

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3E0 DEG 1 10KT CMM 20000 FT 240 DEG 10KT CMM 30300 FT 230 DEG 10KT (
CMM 45300 FT 240 DEG 10KT C CLEAR D 15 MILES OR BETTER E NONE F
NONE 8 NO EVIDENCE 9 NO EVIDENCE 10 COML ACFT IN LDG PATTERN ONE
F 89D ACFT AT HIGH ALT 11 FULL INVES REVEALED NO CONFIRMATION OF
SIGHTING. DATA NOT SUF TO REVEAL ANY PSSSIBILIT SIGHTING. DATA NOT SUF TO REVEAL ANY PSSSIBILITIES. END ITIES. END
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