PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785944

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONChandler AFS Minnesota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD aft

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12. CONCLUSIONS

D Was Balloon
0D Probably Balloon
0 Possibly Balloon

O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft

1. DATE 2. LOCATION
__8 December 1956 Cha
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local Ei XMGround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar

GMT 09/0130Z D Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE

0 Yes
kN Mil

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

twenty _to—thirty _secs—|__one
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

perk Was Astronomical €7éEoK

Probably Astronomical

8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS

9.

0
D Possibly Astronomical
0

One round white to green object,
size of baseball at arm's length,
Object came toward the earth at
approximately 20 dgr then leveled
off & started a slight climb, Obj

was seen visually for 20 to 30 second

$.

COURSE , Other =
0D Insufficient Dato for Evaluction
}Q Unknown
Ye
COMMENTS

Description, duration, and fligh
path indicate sightng was

caused by a meteor, Slight
rising considered to be optical
illusion.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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GIBUST4UPCESS YMB@1S YYD@6o We

MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 8 say MO OBS 8G |
DE RJEDNG 4G :
M 1922207 |
FM COMDR 787TH ACWRON CHANDLER AF STATION MINN So
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO

RJEDVP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHG/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC |
ZEN/COMDR 31ST ADIV SNELLING AFS ST PAUL 11 MINN

BT

MUNCLAS FROM ADJ MIL 773/56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 283-2, 12 AUG 54,
THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED

PARAGRAPH 1A ROUND

1B BASEBALL

iC FIRST APPERANCE WHITE BUT TURNED GREEN AS IT DECENDED

iD ONE ¢1)

E N/A

iF NONE

arn Nj tA re
a * atin

1H NONE

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PACE TWO RJEDNG' 4C

2A
2D
2C
2D

2k
2F
x)

3B
3C
4A
LB
4C

THE BRILLIANT LIGHT

APPROX = 45 DEG

1% DEG

CAME TOWARD EARTH AT APPROX =~ 2@ DEG THEN LEVELED AND STARTED A
SILIGHT CLIMB BEFORE DISAPPEARING
SPLIT SECOND

2% TO 3% SEC
GROUND VISUAL

NO OPTICAL AIDS USED

N/A

@13GZ - 9 DEC 56

NIGHT ©

MQ%@43 GEOREF

3 3/1 em, RADAR MAINT.

7
7D

7E
7F

4

CLEAR
25 Ta
SCATTERED
NONE
NONE

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PAGE THREE RJEDNG 4¢ :
9 NONE |

19 NONE
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11 MAJOR, COMMANDER, SUBJECT ATRMEN STATE OBJECT APPEARED AS A FALLING |
STAR BUT WERE AMAZED AT THE CHANGE OF ALTITUDE AND SPEED OF OBJECT. |

I COULD NOT HONESTLY GIVE AN OPINION AS TO WHAT THE OBJECT MAY HAVE

BEEN.
12 NONE
73 WEATHER FOR MSP CLR 15 MI

SURFACE SSW AT

15,000 - EPP AT 89K
20,009 - 300 AT 9K
J EPNPPP A EPP AT 9#K
56,900 - 298 AT 8@K
g9,02@ NOT AVAILABLE

BT :
19/2241Z2 DEC RJEDNG