PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785959

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONWoodstock Minnesota

FRAMES4

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FRAME 001 / 004tesseract-200dpi

DATE

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

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12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Was Balloon
__9 December 1956 Woodstock, Minnesota : Ereeobly Bellsen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ee eT
Local AXGround- Vi sual © Ground-Redar o Brobakly Alvarclt
GMT 10/0550Z D Air-Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE @XWas Astronomical Mars
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
DMo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 , Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
QO Unknown
10 minutes one NW ;

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

slowly.

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One object shape of half sphere w/
flat side on top, larger than a
baseball, Color fire red and orange.
Obj tipped before it moved northwest

i. COMMENTS

Mars at about 15 dgr elevation i
West. Moving toward NW and setting

Color of red & orange associated
with this planet,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

FRAME 002 / 004tesseract-200dpi

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P RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ Me bee flr
DE RJEDNG 36 y gis
P 1622002 2. Ye
FM COMDR 787TH ACWRON CHANDLER AFS MINN 4 pK
TOS RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO ‘pbs

RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC

ZEN/COMDR 31ST ADIV SNELLING AFS ST PAUL 41 MINN

BT

JUNCLAS/ FROM ADJ MIL. 774/56 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 298-2, DATED 12 AUG
54, THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED: |

PARAGRAPH 7D

(1)¢A) HALF SPHERE WITH FLAT SIDE ON TOP

€19¢B) LARGER THAN BASEBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH

(19€C) FIRE RED AND ORANGE

¢1)9¢D) ONE (1)

(42CE) N/A |

(1)¢F) TIPPED BEFORE IT MOVED

(19€G) NONE

FRAME 003 / 004tesseract-200dpi

PAGE TWO RJEDNG 36
(1H) NO SOUND

¢€19¢1) NONE

(2)¢A) BRILLIANT LIGHT |
(2)(B) 19 TO 2¢

(2)(C) 19 TO 26

(2)(D) MOVED NORTHWEST |
(2)(E) SLOWLY |
(2)(F) TEN €1%) MINUTES, 235% TO 24am HOURS CST |
(3)€A) GROUND VISUAL

(3)(B) NO OPTICAL AIDS USED

(3)(C) NZA
GCA) 16/9556Z
(4)¢B) NIGHT

Ree. SERED

(5) TWO (2) MILES WEST 3/4 MILES NORTH OF WOODSTOCK, MINNESOTA
"JO 2GZ0REF

(6)(/; nei, 26 YEARS OLD, WOODSTOCK, MINNESOTA FARMER,
“ """ “VERY RELIABLE.

(7)(A) MOSTLY CLEAR, FEW CLOUDS } /
5 haste eat

(7)(B) SURFACE - CLR 15 SSW 8

FRAME 004 / 004tesseract-200dpi

PAGE: THREE RJEDNG SG

5, O28 -
16,220 -
15,000 -
20,020 A
3,000 -
56,000 -
80,005 -

(7)(C) CLEAR
¢€79¢D) 15 MI

AT 42 KNOTS
AT 5@ KTS

J AT 8% KTS

AT 9@ KTS
AT 99 KTS
AT 88 KTS
AVAILABLE

(79€E) SCATTERED, VERY FEW

(7)¢F) NONE
(%) NONE
(9) NONE
(16) NONE

1) MAJOR, COMMANDER. THIS

CLOUDS

SOV IA S95 O

MAN CALLED ME BY PHONE AT 1338 HOURS, 10

DEC 56 AND GAVE THE FOREGOLNG ACCOUNT. THE ONLY POSSIBLE CONCLUSION

THAT I COULD ARRIVE AT WAS THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOON. HOWEVER THE
FARMER STATED HE COULD NOT SEE THE MOON AND THE SIZE WAS TOO BIG FOR THE
MOONe I COULD NOT RENDER AN HONEST OPINION OF WHAT THE OBJECT MAY HAVE

BEEN.
(12) NONE
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