PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8723434

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONJackson Minnesota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wos Balloon
2 September l962 Jackson, Minnesota o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probobly Aircraft Probobiy Airerafr
GMT. GMT.no not renorted D oorted AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OSJECTS NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE 0 Other.
X Insufficient Dota for Evaluation X insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
about 30 minutes one then three descending d up descending a up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Object in sky skv at 50,000ft (North 50.000ft (North of of No time of sighting reported.
Jackson) hovering. cending on to to 40 40, Object high Obigct orth descending
O00ft & hovere minutes 23 sec- in uneven motion & thon rising.
onds. Then to South & came Only elevations given as alti-
down to 30 opped & remained tude & not in degrees. Cannot
there for 6 minutes. Descended to position object on information
15,000 for l0 minutes 40 in letter. Case insufficient
seconds, Cloud now passed in front of data.
object moved & it then rose straight
up & joined two other objects & went
sight.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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