PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 C 0 Wos Balloon
5 November 1957 Finlands, Minnesota 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 D Possibly Possibly Balloon Balloon
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Local .Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar 00 Was Aircraft WasAircraft
000 Probabiy Aircraft Probabiy Aireraft
GMT_ GMT_ 06/0010Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE X Was Astronomical Venus
Y.s Yes 0 0 Probably Astronomical
:No No 6-5 Military & l Civilian 6-5 Military & l Civilian D PossiblyAstronorical Possibly Astronomical
7. 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown
1  hours 1 hours 1 to 3 to 3 SSW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object was observed by all. Was Definitely the planet Venus,
described as ranging fm round to oval now so bright that both news-
and fm bluish-white to papers and journals have commented
elevations, on it ( See clipping in UFO
directions, and azimuths given of the case file).
objects position identified it.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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UNCLASSIFIED REF IF THE DTG ISDLOFED
.i LEUE REFORT SIK NOV ONE NINEFIVELSEVENLCMM REF CLN TWO ZERO ZERO
SH TIO FROM-CODR SEVEN FIVE SIK ACWRON FINLAN SEE FARA .
WE LINE ONE NINE AND TWO ZERO ED AFTER DEERIEFING ALL PERSONNEL
INVOLVED THE FOL I INFO WAS OBTAINED FD TWOCFFICET -AIRMEN
AND ONE CIVILIAN PD THREE FD CAFT KUTER CMM FIRST LT TOOME CMM SIERRA
LANT SGT HEFFRON CMM ALFA SLANT CMM ALFA SLANT
Classification Cancelled
OR Changed to LiNCL
AUIn:AER 2O5-1D
PARA 2-176(i)
BM Guntanilh ....
PAGE TWO RJEFHQ 135
TOC CMM ALFA SLANT THREE CMM ALFA SLANT
THREE C CMM AND AREN ALFA FAREN ROUND PAREN-
OFTICAL PAREN ROUND CM MITECM UND EGG HAFFD CMM
DUND OVAL CMM OVAL ROL RENBRAVC E CMM
CGETEADL CMM EEALCMM GRAPEFRUIT CMM 1 BASEBALL CMM EASEBALL CMM ONE 0
LANI
AREN SAME AS TWO BRAVC OFJECT HOVERED SLANT IN GENERAL
REA FLYING UF AND DOWN CMM CHANGING COLORS FROM
HITE TO RED FD FAREN ECHO F RED IN FLIGHT PAREN FOCTROT
REN THREE ZERO MINUTES PAREN REN FAREN ALFA PAREN GROUND
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FAGE THREE RJEFHD 135
ISUAL FAREN ERAV. EYESIGHTING ONLY FAREN CHARLIE PAREN TVOLALRCRAFT
LECIL GREEN FLAMEDTHREE FOKTROT DASH NIAE FOUR CHARLIE AND ALFA
CTRCTSIT DULUTH
VISUAL CONTACT FD P FOILREARTN OV FIUE
ALFA FAREN SEE FA THREE ONE PAREN
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O COLORS Walhsd
GENERAL AREA FLYING UP AND DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE, CHANGING
O O FROM WHITE TO RED (E) DISAPPEAR FROM WHITE TO RED (E) DISAPPEARED IN FLIGHT (F) 33 ARED IN FLIGHT (F) 3 MINUTES MINUTES 3. 3. 53
(A) GROUND VISUAL (B) EYE SIGHT ONLY (C) N/A4. (A) 6 NOV 0010Z .
0 (B) NIGHT. 5. 4727 NORTH AND 9115 WEST. 6. (A) MR C T LEE, 47,756 20102
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= 6:10
. KUTER, OPEATIONS OFFICER, STAFF SGT RICHARD E HEFFRON, OPERATIONS,
A/2C CLARENCE W GOFORTH, OPERATIONS, ALL OF 756 ACWRON AND RELIABILITY
0 VERY GOOD. 7 (A) CLEAR, 15 PLUS (B) DULUTH AWS, CLEAR 15 PLUS,
. 5000 FEET 300 DEGREES 20 KNOTS, 10000 FEET 350 DEGREES 35 KNOTS, 15000
FEET 349 DEGREES 40 KNOTS, 20000 FEET 320 DEGREES 60 KNOTS, 30000
FEET 340 DEGREES 70 KNOTS, 50000 FEET 320 DEGREES 35 KNOTS (C)
CLEAR (D) 15 PLUS (E) CLEAR (F) NONE. 8. N/A. 9. NA. 10. 2
O 0 AIRCRAFT WERE RETURNING FROM P-16 TP P-69 CONTROL. TREE FLAME
0 3 AND F94C, AND AF 668 AN C47 OUT OF DULUTH AT A HEADING OF
330 TO LAND AT DULUTH. 11. DETAILED REPORT WILL FOLLOW AFTER ALL
0 . . PERSONNEL INVOLVED HAVE BEEN DEBRIEFED PERSONNEL INVOLVED HAVE BEEN DEBRIEFED BY THE SQUADRON D BY THE SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER. 12. N/A. UNCLASSIFIED
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11/0322Z

OBJECT HOVERED/IN NERAL AR
IANGING COLORS FROM LIGHT
MINUTES (3) (A) GROUND VISUAL (B) EYE AIRCRAFT
AIRBORNE GREEN FLAME 3 F-94C AND A TMGOUT DULUTH
CHT 1.4727N. :
0 VISUAL
AID 9115W PAR CLEAR
AWS 1J000,
DEGREES
KNOTS, 30,002
KNOT CETLING
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