PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9739264

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1964

REPORTED LOCATIONEly Minnesota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
| . 2 Was Balloon
2. Feb 54 Rly, Minnesota O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly BSelloon
Local EXGrovun d- Yi sual 0 Grovnd-Radar
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| CMT 02/23 then 3 Air Visual O Air-tntereeot Rader
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7. LENGTM OF GASERYATION 3. SUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE GO Other —
DN Insufficient Dota far Evaluation

: QO Unknown
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19, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Sphere grey sighted at dusk believed to be Duration and distance indicates that
at 2-3,000 ft az 270 deg moving to the sighting could have been caused by
139 deg azimuth over horizon (7) in 5 seconds. & meteor. Goser-eoneia ante eet

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AC1) SPHERE
(2) BASE BALL
C5) LIGHT TRANSPARENT OR GRAY

C4) ONE

(5) N/A 4
CS) SOMETIMES TRANSPARENT, SOMETIMES SOLID LOOKING GRAY COLOR =
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C3) NONE 7

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PAGE 2 RUCDDU 45 UNCLAS

(9) SEEMED THAT AIR AROUND IT WAS BEING COMPRESSED SO THAT
AIRFLOW WAS VISIBLE AROUND & BEHIND THE OBJECT

BCL) STANDING OUTSIDE

(2) ALTITUDE OF OBJECT 2 ~ 3,090 FT WEST 270 DEGREES

(3) OUT OF SIGHT 18% DEGREES

(4) WEST TO SOUTH STRAIGHT LINE

(5) VANISHED

(6) 5 SEC PLUS OR MINUS i SEC
CC1) HVISUAL

(2) NONE

(3) NONE
D¢1) 2 FEB 64 23492

(2) DUSK
E¢1) UNK

(2) 15 MILES NE OF ELY, MINN
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DIRECTOR, FORMER USAF MEMBER

(2) N/A
G1) CLEAR

(2) CALM

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