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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7818573
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960
REPORTED LOCATIONMoose Lake Minnesota
FRAMES4

Machine transcription · mean legibility 85.9/100 · engines: paddle-gpu-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. 1. DATE DATE G40Gsi G4UGs1 |2 LOCATION 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
26 Ju 60 Moose Moose Lake, Minnesota Lake, Minnesota 0 o Was Balloon Was Balloon
00 o Probably Balloon Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local night Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aiscraft
Binoculars 00 Probably Aireraft Probably Aircraft
GMT. AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intereept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS SOURCE X6 Was Astronomical Capella
Y.s 800 200 Probably Astronomical
Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
No Ne
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Dote Jation
all night one up and down Unknown
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round. red. green and white bright light, size The University of Minnesota reported
of basketball. Had up and down bouneing motion. receiving numerous calls about a blinking
seen every evening and at daylight.object in the same iocation and identifiep
it as the star Capella.
•
FRAME 002 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi
CLASS IF ICATION
COUNTRY OF ACTIV REPORTING REPORT NO (Leave blank)
AiR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY OR AREA RE ORT CONCERNS DATE OF INFORMATION
. 1
ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT DATE OF COLLECTION SRI STATUS (IF applicable)
7 .
SRI NO.
28 5 -5 CANCELED/COMPLETE
PREPARING IND IVIDUAL DATE OF REPORT SRINO.
CANCELED/INCOMPLETE
9
SRI NO.
NAME OR DESCR OF SOURCE EVALUATION
ACTIVE
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (DAte)
ReFereNCes (BAIR Subject, previous reports, etc., as applicable) REFERENCES (BAIR Subject, previous reports, etc.. 89 applicable)
SupjECT (Deseriptive SUPJECT (Descrint ive ti:le. Use individual reports for separnte subjects) ti:le. Use individual reports for sepatate 3ubjects)
0ose cose Innosota
SUMMARY SUMMARY (Give sumrary which highlights the salient factors of narrative report. Begin narrative text on AF Form 112o (Give sumrary which highlights the salient factors of narrative report. Begin narrative text on AF Form 112a
unless report can be fully stated on AF Form l12. List inclosures, including number of copies)
# ouni oun . 1 130 1oar
11
ii
:
. araa
.
INCLS
DISTRIBUTION aY nisinaton (Except USAF and File. Indicate Daic! v/oz and copies w/o inclosures, if applicab!e)
E :
WArking: This docuaent contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the seaning of the
Eapzonage Laws. Titte I8. U.S.C.. Section 7o3 and 794. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to
an unauthorized perzon in prahibited by law.
AF IOUM 112 REPLACES AF FORN II?. I OcT 52. WHICH MAY RE USED
1SSEP 14
US GOVEPNMENT PRINTING OTICEBL O 315475
CLASSIFICATION
+
FRAME 003 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi
AIR TECINICAL INTELLIGENCE JENTER
UNITEU STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
ONIO
REPLY TO
A7 T AFC IN-LE2x
SUEJECT: GrO Sighting, M Moose Lake, Minnesota ose Lake, Minnesota 1 5 AUG 1960 1 9 A05 (S60
m: Duluth ADS
Hunicipal Airport
Duluth, Minnesota
1. 1. Reference your IR-1l2 60-1, dated 8 August 1960. Reference your IR-112 60-1, dated 8 August 1960. Request the Request the
following informati orwarded to this Center:
a. What was the elevation and object when it was
first and last seen?
.
c. Was the object seen at the sane time each day?
d. first seen?
9. I
2. deqlest a eheck be made with the University of
after the above information is acqulred in an effort to determine if an
astrononieal body was responsible for the sighting.
FOR THE COMANDER:
.
PHILIP G. EVAS PHILIPG. EVA'S
Colonel, USAT Colonel, USA7
Deputy for Seience and Components Deputy for Seience and Components
FRAME 004 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi
|
:
:
Lwition
:
es :.. the lest SNORSt
.
..
.·
..
F
.. a
-
.
..
..
1080t5
MRda
:
2 2