DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7339990
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1955
REPORTED LOCATIONMc Intosh Minn
FRAMES13
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 Dec 55 McIntosh, Minn Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor ° Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 05/21052 AirViwal Air-Intercept Radar X Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 00 Probably Astronomicol
BxNo civilian Possibly Axtronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
lmin 1 S
10. BRIEF SUN HTING 11. COMMENTS
Shaped like ball bat. Silver, looked like POsS A/C.
it was in 3 parts, but
it was divided. Noise-very lonud, iike a train.
Going Golig down and South, spinning, and then
would would drift, then would spin.
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but none this particular night.
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LIKE IT WAS IN THREE PARTS, BUT STILL IN ONE PART, LIKE IT'WAS DIVIDED
( (G) NOEN (H) VERY LOUJD, LIKE A TRAIN (I) NONE (2) DES OF COURSE OF
( OBJ (A) THE SOUND (B) 45 DEGREE (C) 45 DEG 180DEG (D) GOING DCUN AND
TOWARD THE SOUTH, SPINNING AND THEN WOULD DRIFT, THEN WOULD SPIN TOWARD THE SOUTH, SPINNING AND THEN WOULD DRIFT, THEN WOULD SPIN
(E) FADED OUT OF SIT (F) ONE MINUTE (3) MANNER OF OBSERVANCE (A) (F) ONE MINUTE (3) NANNER OF OBSERVANCE (A)
GROUND VISUAL (B) (C) N/A (4) TIME (A) 2105Z 5 DEC 1955 (B) DAY GROUND VISUAL (B) (C) N/A (4) TIME (A) 2I05Z 5 DEC 1955 (B) DAY
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(F) UNKNOWN (8) UNKNOWN (0) UNKNOWN
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Reference your Uro observation of N November or December 1955.
Although your sighting is too old to investigate, we are
including it in our files for information purposes. Thank
you for reporting your sighting to the Air Force.
μ
ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Col, USAF
Chief, Aeri Phenomena Branch
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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