PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786407

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONWadena Minnesota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS es
OQ Wes Balloon
4 January 1997 Wadena, Minnesota 0: kProbably Balioon
OTE E r O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7 xy 50 Pinos
227 _ OROO avy ; 0 Wos Aircraft
Loca! —O 3 0 Ground: Visual D Ground-Redar O Probobly Aircraft
ou T__04/ 12302 14007 D Air Visual 0 Air-Intearcep! Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes © Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian - rest home caretakers Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE . biel - ae
smhanr nsufficient Dota for Evaluation
Ove rhead to thik nese
20 minutes one East
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
“ulti-colored, "X' draped object Sichting has characteristics of
observed apparently overhead (?) for balloon observation
almost 20 minutes. Appeared to have
yawing motion (would have if observed
through binoculars at night). Source
claims humming sound, Obj disappeared
to East,

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739th AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON (ADC)

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WADENA AIR FORCE STATION

WADENA, MINNESOTA

OPS 22 Janusry 1957
SUPJECT: Letter of Transmittal
TO: Commander

Air Technical Intellizence Center
Wright-Fatterson Air Force Pase, Ohio

1. In reference to AISS message AISOC 020, dated 11 January 1957,
sudject: UFOB Sighted In Our Area, the requested information copy is
attached and submitted.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

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2% Ine. A Tiss A KUSTELSKI
Info on UFOB lst Lt., USAF
Adjutant

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