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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9071643
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1965
REPORTED LOCATIONDundee Minnesota
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UNCLAS 7870AC 99368 APR 65. FOR ADOIN, 29NINT, FOREIGN
TECHNOLOGY OD: VISION AT WRIGHT PATTERSON, AFNIN, SAFOI. INFO
SCODC=1. SUBU: U F 0. THE FOLLOWING REPORT 1S SUBMITTED IN |
ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT. (1) CIRCU-

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LAR (OVAL). (2) UNKNOWN, OBSERVER COULD NOT DESCRIBE THIS OBJECT
IN THIS MANNER. HIS ESTIMATE SIZE WAS APPROX 6 FT IN DIAMETER.

CEPTH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. (3). WHEN OBJECT FIRST APPEARED

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THE COLOR WAS NOT DISCERNIBLE EXCEPT AS A BRILLIANT LIGHT AND THEN

AS 2 BRIGHT LIGHTS INSIDE OF AN OBJECT. WHEN THE DOOR TO THE
OBJECT WAS CLOSED THE LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE OBJECT

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APPEARED TO BE OF A METALIC COLOR. (4). ONE. (5) NOT APPLICABLE.
(6) ONLY THE DOOR AND THE MANEUVER OF CLOSING IT. THE OBSERVER
SURMISED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSED ELECTRONICALLY BECAUSE NO
PERSON OR APPARATUS WAS SEEN. THE DOOR WAS ROUND CORRESPONDING TO
THE OPENING FROM WHICH THE LIGHT WAS COMING. (7) NINE. (8) NO
SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE OBJECT, HOWEVER THE OBSERVER’S ATTENTION
WAS CALLED TO THE OBJECT BECAUSE OF ITS INTERFERENCE WITH HIS
24010 (STATIC). (9) THE LIGHT WHICH APPEARED TO BE INSIDE

RESEMBLED THAT OF AN ARC WELDING LIGHT ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVER.

THE LIGHT APPEARED WHEN THE OBJECT WAS HOVERING NEAR THE GROUND,
APPROX 69 FT FROM THE GROUND, APPROX 299 YDS FROM THE OBSERVER.
3. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. (1) INTERFERENCE (STATIC)

OF HIS RADIO WHICH LEAD HIM TO INVESTIGATE OUTSIDE OF HIS FARM
HOUSE. (2) APPROX 150FT ABOVE THE GROUND APPROACHING FROM THE
NORTHWEST. AND ANGLE OF APPROX 4SHEGREES FROM THE OBSERVER.

(3) APPROX 300 FT AT DISAPPEARANCE. (4) OBJECT TRAVEL NORTH TO

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SOUTH ASCENDING FROM 180 FT TO LEVELING AT APPROX 309 FT AT
DISAPPEARANCE. OBJECT TRAVELED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN TO THE EAST
AND THEN SOUTH. ©) INSTANTANEOUSLY TO THE SOUTH OBJECT SEEMED

TO DISAPPEAR AFTER THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. (6) APPROX 2 MINUTES AT
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A DISTANCE OF 3/% MILES FROM THE OBSERVER. Co MANNER OF OBSERVA=
TION. (1) GROUND = VISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) NOT APPLICABLE}

D. TIME ANO DATE OF SIGHTING. TKQL 0 APRIL 65 = 03302.

(2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER. 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF

DUNDEE, MINNESOTA, 8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF FULDA, MINNESOTA IN THE
TOWN OF KINORAE, MINNESOTA. Fe IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBERVER.
1) SQM ST IMATED AT 55-65 WOULD NOT REVEAL AGED
KINORAE, MINNESOTA. RELIABILITY = DOUBTFUL = BASED ON FACTS AS
INDICATED IN COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER. (2) N/As Ge WEATHER
AND WINDS AT SIGHTING. (1) NICE EVENING, NO WINDS, CLEAR SKY.

(2) NOT AVAILABLE. (3) 690 FT. (4) 2 MILES WITH FOG. (5) 6

TO 9 TENTHS (OVERCAST). (6) NONE. (7) 49 DEGREES. He THE

WINDS WERE CALM, BLOWING FROM THE NORTHEAST. (04002 WEATHER).

I, NONE. J. NONE. Ke UNIT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER COMMENTS.

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TION. THE PATTERN OF EVENTS FOLLOW A LOGICAL SEQUENCE, ALTHOUGH |
THE ELEMENT OF TIME AND AGE OF THE OBSERVER MIGHT BE A CONSIDERA=

TION WHEN THE COMPLETE PICTURE 1S ANALYZED. CREDENCE OF INFORMA- |
TION. AN INTERVIEW BY THE INVESTIGATOR WITH THE OBSERVER REVEALED

THE FOLLOWING FACTS: OBSERVER LIVES ALONE ON A FARM ON THE WEST

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E0GE OF KINORAE, MINN. HE IS A RETIRED MAIL CARRIER AND DIVORCEE.
HE HAS LIVED ALONE FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE
OBSERVER STATED THAT A SIMILAR INCIDENT CWHICH HE DID NOT REPORT)
OCCURRED WHEN 2 RUSSIAN MIG AIRCRAFT APPEARED ON HIS FARM. HE
INDICATED THAT HE SPOKE WITH THEM DURING THIS TIME. HE WOULD aN, :
OFFER NO FURTHER iNFORMATION OF THIS INCIDENT. IN VIEW OF THE

IMPROBABILITY OF SUCH AN INCIDENT IT 1S THE OPINION OF THE PREPAR-
ING OFFICIAL THAT TOTAL CREDIBILITY OF THIS OBSERVATION IS ODOUBT-
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