PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971961

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONCrystal Minnesota

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0 Was Balloon
14 Aug 55 Crystal, Minnesota 0 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 15/0300Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys Probably Astronomical
X No civilian (student) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
thirty seconds one W to E 0 Insufficient Dat Evaluation aluation
0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |11. COMMENTS
One round, bright yellow obj with a tail, yellow obj with a tail, Color of obj and trail of obj, fact
bright yellow in color and six times the bright yellow in color and six times the 7 that obj traversed a major portion of that obj traversed a major portion of
diameter of obj long, appeared to be size of. sky in a few seconds, and opinion of sky in a few seconds, and opinion of
pea held at arms length. Obj was seen in west preparing officer sighting might be might be
and disappeared in east, traversing a major and disappeared in east, traversing a major attributed to meteor sctivity.
portion of sky in an estimated 30 seconds. Probably meteor.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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STMON 23
IWituei IN E
20 M231903 07 41
RA214 WPF210 YMB198TNGAZ94 3 4x2c 1
MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHO H (
DE RJEDNG 34A (
R 17182JZ
FM OIC FLT 2-A, 46D2D AISS SNELLING AFS ST PAUL MINN
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPNGS COLO
INFO ZEN/D/I 3IST ADIV ST PAUL MINN -
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB OHIO 33092104
RJEPHQ/D/I HQ USAF WASH 25 D.C. RJEPHQ/D/I D.C. FTO
ET ET -
/UNCLASSIFIED/AIS2A D84. UFOB. 1A ROUND B PEA C BRIGHT YELLOW DN/A
TO S TIMES LONGER THAN DIAM OF OBJECT H NONE I NONE 2A OBSR JUST
HAPPENED TO LOCK SYKWARD B WEST C EAST D STRAIGHT E JUST DISAPPEARED (
F 3D SECONDS 3A GND VISUAL B N/A C N/A 4A B30DZ 15 AUG 55 B NIGHT
5 GEOREF FJMQ 3858 6A
CMM STUDENT, x ROBINSDALE MINN,
STUDENT E N/A 7A CLEAR W/STARS B URFACE SO 8 KT, SEZD FT 273 DEG Z
KT, 150D FT 3AD DEG IZ KT, 2000D FT 330 DEG ID KT, 3000D DT 260 DEG U
15 KT, 453DO FT 279 DEG 1S KT C CLEAR D 15 MILES PLUS E NONE F NONE
8 NO EVIDENCE S NO EVIDENCE 1D NONE 11 POSSIBLE METEOR, NO EVIDENCE
FOUND OF JET AT THAT TIME 12 NONE. END - C
BT
17/1955Z AUG RJEDNG -
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