DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9316119
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1962
REPORTED LOCATIONMoorehead Minnesota
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 O Was Balloon
29 October 1962 oorehead, M@nnesota Q Probably Balloon
13. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O “Possinly Bajloon
Local {X Ground. Vi sual CO Ground-Rodor “ Probebly Aireratt
GMT 29/2200Z D Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
xNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other |
ar camp aens Data for Evoluction| |
QO Unknown
1-2 minutes one ENE
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS.
Witness cou]d not describe obj, only} Total duration assumed to includ
that it was comparable to a small the obsvation of the smoke. Beligqu
a/c in size, had blue white flames to be meteor or decay by the
and a lot of smoke. Obj was believed| investigating officers, No decay
to hit ground in the ENE flight had for this date associated with
slow descent, the time of sighting. Possibly
a daylight meteor; however, the
data is not sufficient for this
evaluation, Case listed as
insufficient data.
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