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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9317062
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1963
REPORTED LOCATIONDuluth Minnesota
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION

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CONCLUSIONS

0 Was Bolloon
7 April 1963 Duluth, Minnesota QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
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Local = RGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar = Probobly Aircraft
GMT 08/0320Z 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Wes Astronomical
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| XR No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
pox Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
. Q Unknown
1S minutes one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Round bright white object size of star
moving to SE. No change in intensity,
and object lost in brightness of moon,
Initial observation at 45 dgr slain
290 dur azimuth and disappearance afte
13 minutes at 30 dgr elevation 120 dgr
azimuth, Straight flight. Appeared to
be satellite from flight path.

ECHO was over Duluth at 820 PM
at 83 dgr elevation S of City
moving SE. Time error of exactly

one hour,

Sighting conforms to

satellite observation with this

exception.

Possible error in

conversionrto Zebra time, Case
considered as insufficient data
due to this discrepancy.

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9 April 1963 Duluth, Minnesota O Probably Balloon
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XM No. Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
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O Unknown
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