DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6782558
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONHopkins Minnesotaand St Paul Minnesota
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Hopkins, Minnesota & 0 Wos Balloon
10_November 1957 St. Paul. Minnesota 00 Probably Ballcon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
Telescope & Binoculars 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT GMT 11/00307 AirVisual AiVi sual Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE XWas Astronomieal VenuS XWas Astronomiedl VenuS
Yes Probably Astronomical
XO No X:O No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Dota for for Evaluation
Unknown
30 minutes one SW
10. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, orange object changing to Round, orange object changing to Venus has caused much excitement Venus has caused much excitement
bright white, size of silver dollar white, size f silver dollar this year because it is very close
to baseball, object moved 3 times in to the earth and is very bright. and is very bright.
3 minutes. Moved, stopped, then 3 minutes. Moved stonpedthan An astro plot shows Venus to be An astro nlot shows
moved in that manner. in exact location reported by the
observers.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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10 Nay
Nov 11 09 50'57 12ov37 10 02 $\rac {}}$ 4E4
ASTRO 44×20
RADUS
V WPB024 YMB0075NGA019 WD
VeNUS)
PP RJEDDN RJEDNP RJEPHQ
DE RJEDNG 1
P 1107252
FM COMDR 3IST ADIV DEF SNELLING AFS
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB
INTELLIGENCE HQDS USAF
BT.
UNCLAS FROM OIN 36 "UFOB" Seen Throug beloc's 4 Feloscope
SILVER DOLLAR OR BASEBALL
PD (CY ORANGE AND VE
2 FROM
HORIZEN PD C FIVE TO TVO ZERO I s- 2 O. (D) AEST MOVED STOP
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ONE ONE O 0 3
SLASH ZERO ZERO THREE ZERO ZULU AND ONE ONE SLASH ZERO ONE
3 1330 cecare
THREE ZERO PD (B
ESOTA 6 PD INFORMATION OF
ST_PAUL MINN AGE NOVEMBER
CIVILIAN DASH TWO ZERO TWO NORTH WASHINGTON CMA
SLASH ALFA RELIA-
BILITY NOVEMBER ALFA PD CIVILIAN DASH
3
SURFACE ONE SIX Z ZERO
O 2 5- 1 C 2 1
ONE ZERO SLASH TWO FIVE CMA ONE ZERO
ZERO SASH TWO ZERO CMA ONE SX 0
2 3
ZERO SLASH TWO ZERO ZERC
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PAGE THREE RJEDNG 1
ZERO DASH THREE TWO ZERO
SLASH FOUR
SLASH FIVE 2 ZERO CMA EIGHT ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO DASH NOVEMBER SLASH
SLASH ONE ZERO
8 PD NOVEMBER SLASH ALFA 9 PD NEGATIVE 1 PD CONTROL TOWER REPORTED
BRANIFF ALFA SLASH CHARLIE IN AREA AT TIME OF REPORTS PD 11 PD
INTERCEPT OF MESSAGE ON POLICE NETWORK AND THE CURRENT PUBLICITY
GIVEN THIS SUBJECT WOULD EXPLAIN THE ANOUNT OF REPORTS PD HOWEVER THE
TIME AND LOCATION OF INDIVIDUALS GIVING REPORTS INDICATES THAT
SOME OBJECT WAS SEEN PD FROM DISCRIPTION IT COULD HAVE BEEN A STAR
SLASH ALFA PD Verves tas Cauaid sinch epailimen
BT ycete
11/0820Z NOV RJEDNG Eath ind is.ver wight. 4
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