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CASE REFERENCE8613467

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1961

REPORTED LOCATION6Mi Wof Cloquet Minnesota

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1. DATE

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3. DATE- TIME GROUP

2. LOCATION

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION nd

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

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5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicel Mate
Yes }o Probobly Astronomical
Pia © No Civi lian he Poss sibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OCSSERVATION ' 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other.
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O Unknown
20-30 sec. One 7 I Descending | —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Flor a-tipe 2 ob3 ect, size |". COMMENTSP ron the description and

or dime, at ane flame
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LAnKS iYPé In northern Bootes is located the ¢
radiant point of this month’s short Quad-
TME rantid meteor shower, named after an
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Tis SLLOW FLAME bous moon will interfere with observa-
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on the morning of January Srd. Under
WE. more favorable conditions, a single ob-

server at maXximum might see some 33
Quadrantids in an hour, This shower,
like the Geminids and Delta Aquarids, is
- unusual in that it has never been identi-
ING fied with a comet.

WILLIAM H. GLENN

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CLASS IFICATION

COUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING REPORT NO.

US 61-1

AiR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS OATE CF INFORMATION

US, Minnesota E 12 Jan 61

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a ip bieaaenensent Jeon a aq sr be acetates —
REFERENCES (PAIR Subject, previous reports, etc., ss ~ srt fe)
Suasect (Descriptive title. Use individual reports for sevarate subjects) ~~~ i? he se

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UFO, VEORUEN, Minnesota
SUMMARY (6H ‘e summary which highlights the salient fac tors of nerretive report, Begin narrative text on AP Form “fl2a. =

voleas report can be fully stated on AF Form 112. List inclosures, including number of copies)

eference your message UNCLAS APLCIN-4E2X%.,

Question 1. Elevation approx 300 feet, azimuth 330 degrees on first sichting.
Cbject disappeared behind tree line azimuth 300 degrees. Object

dropped in arc to the Vest.
Question 2, Personal estimate.
Question 3. Object disappeared behind tree line
Question 4. Personal estimate.

Question 5. Yes, when rirst sighted, but object had disappeared before observer
got out of automobile. Observer was traveling approx 45 mphe

Question 6. West, on Big Lake Road,
Question 7, Scrub brash near poad, neavy woods further back in
supposedly dropped.
Question 8. Cbserver stated he thought the cbject fell into the
could not give a close enough location to make the
Question 9. No other witnesses reported.

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