PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT T0073 RECORD
3. DATE · TIME GROUP 2LOCATION
8 Nov 66 9/0600z Saginaw, Kinnesota one withess
.SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Unidentified
4. NUIMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS
One .
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF BRIEI ND ANALYSIS
5 minutes 5 minutes Cbserver was
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of lights that ser: white, vellow, orange, and blue in
color. The lights wer flashing and changing colors.
Ground Visual The lights arpear-d to be almost touching the ground.
7. COURSE The lights would ab uptly vanish when the observer would
N/A get closer.
8. PHOTOS The description of the object could fall in the catagory
of unusual atinosjh-ric phenomena such as ball lighting.
C Yes The object could well have boen attributed to a quito
XX No similar phenemena icrever there is a lack of data to
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE substaniate such an valuatlon.
17 Yes
XX No
FORM
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADOUARTERS 29TH AIR DIVISION (ADC)
DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
REPLY TO DULUTH, MINNESOTA 55814
ATTN OF: 290IN 10 November 1966
SUBJECT. Follow-Up Report on ) Sighting (29ADiv Msg,
TO: FTD (TDETR)
1. The observer, was driving home near midnight, Tues-
day, 8 November 19 His parents, Mr. and Mrs. own a small
boarding house country road, about Bof Highway 33,
about twenty miles west Duluth, Minnesota.
2. On the morning of 9 November, Mrs. called the Air Base, and
the call was routed to the 29th Air Division (NORAD)Intelligence
Office. Mrs. gave the names and telephone numbers of several
people in the area who had sighted the light on previous occasions.
The Intelligence Officer telephoned Mrs. I, who said
she and her husband had seen it at the same place (see drawing) that
saw it. She could not remember the time of the sighting,
only that it was "a few weeks ago". The had been driving
west at the time, approaching the home. A Mrs.
was not present, and has not been questioned by
Intelligence'personnel The area was forest of birch and fir, with
low ridges roughly at right angles ne unpaved road. There were
a few inches of snow on the ground ar the road, and there had been
snow the night of the sighting. :time, the only snow-
fall in the Duluth area that didn't melt before covering the ground
was an eight inch snowfall of 15 October, and this was all gone in
less than one week. Hills and trees completely block the house from
the UFO sighting point the UFO sighting point. Nor was the house visible from the hill the
car was on when the UFO was seen. No other cars were in the area at car was on when the UF FO was seen. No other cars were in the area at
the time of the sighting, and the only power line was the one west the only power line was the one west
of the house (see drawing). No other houses are on the road east of
the home, and no light the home, and no light anykind any kind. Highway 33 is not Highway 33 is not
visible from the house, the UF visible from the house, the sighting point, or the low hill where sighting point, or the low hill where
the observer's car was. the observer's car was. The trees s average 25-35 feet in height average 25 5-35 feet in height and and
are fairly dense.
A class and bo
They are in their late fifties or early sixties. They are
probaly but seem to be of average telligence.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AR FORCE Ouluth
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
'AF IN: 60588 (10 Nov 66) A/jjp a Page l of 5
ACTION: RDC-4
INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS3 NIN-7, DIA-1 (19). ADV CY DIA
SMB A207CZCBVC884
PTTU JAW RUCIHMA0019 -RUEDHOA
ZNR UUUUU
P 101030Z NOV 66
FM HQ 29 AIR DIV DULUTH INTL APRT MINN NFO NFO
TO RUWMFVAADC TO RUWMFVA ADC
RUWTFLA10 AIR FORCE RICHARDS-GEBAUR AFB MO RUWTFLA/10 AIR FORCE RICHARDS-GEBAUR AFB MO
RUEDFIF/FTO WRIGHT- TERSON AFB OHIO
RUEDHQA/CSAF
RUEDHQA OSAF
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM 290IN 11007. NOV 66 FOR: ADOIN, NINT,
TDETR, AFRDC, SAF-OI. SUBJEC DENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.
REFERENCE AFR 80-17.
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT:
A. GROUP OF LIGHTS, VERY BRIGHT.
B. ABCUT TEN OR FIFTEEN FEET ACROSS. ABCUT TEN CR FIFTEEN FEET ACROSS.
c. WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, BLUE-WHITE. WHITE, YELLOW, ORANGE, BLUE-WHITE.
. D. ONE.
E. NONE. E. NONE.
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UNCLASS!FIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
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AF IN: 60588 (10 Nov 66) Page 2 of 5
F. LIGHTS FLASHING AND CHANG ING COLOR.
G. NONE.
.H. NONE. H. NONE
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I NONE.
2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: 2 DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
A. . SEEN FROM CAR ON ROAD AHEAD. SEEN FROM CAR ROAD AHEAD.
B. ALMOST TOUCHING THE ROAD.
C. SAME AS ABOVE.
D. STATIONARY. ONE WITNESS SAID IT SEEMED TO RECEDE AT TIMES.
E.A ABRUPTLY VANISHED.
F. LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. .
3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
A. GROUND VISUAL.
B. NONE.
. NONE.
4TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: 4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
A. ZERO NINE S ZERO NINE S SLASH ZERO SLASH ZERO ZERO ZERO NOVEMBER. (09/0600NOV)
B. NIGHT.
5. LOCATION 5. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: OF OBSERVERS: ABCUT TWENTY MILES WEST OF DULUTH MINN
AFHQ JAM SS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED
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STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
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AF IN: 60588 (10 Nov 66) Page 3 of 5
OLLEGE GRADUATE. ADDRESS IS
THAT OF HIS PARENTS,LAST NAME THAT OF HIS PARENTS,LAST NAME IT IS A RURAL AREA AND AREA AND
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MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVE AREA HAVE SEEN IT IN RECENT WEEKS, INCLUDING SEEN RECENT WEEKS, INCLUDING
MR
AND AND
ALL LIVE IN RURAL AREA WES DULUTH, AND ALL TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE
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7. WEATHER AND SINDS-AL OFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING:
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A COLD, DARK, SNOWING.
B. A AWS ACCOUNT OF WIND DIRECTIN AND VELOCITY:
(1) 100/08
(2) 100/05
(3) 290/05
(4) (4) 250/45
(5) (5) 240/80
6) (6) 250/80
(7) 250/30 (7)2 250/30
AFHO 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 60588 (10 Nov 66) Page 4 of 5
(8) UNKNOWN
TWO HUNDRED FEET, SCATTERED.
DT D. T TWO MILES. TWO MILES.
E. . COMPLETE.
F. NONE.
PAGE 4 RUCIHMA0019 UNCLAS surface >urface 21 . :
3000 4 4 *F
G SURFACE TWENTY-ONE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THREE THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THREE THOUSAND 5000 22 22F
SURFACE
FEET, FOUR DEGREES. FIVE THOUSAND FEET, TWENTY-TWO DEGREES.
8 ANY OTHER USUAL ACTIVITY OF CONDITICN: THE INVERSION WAS WELL
ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND COULD NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING.
INTERCEPTION CR IDENTIFICATIN ACTION TAKEN: NONE.
10. AIR TRAFFIC OR BALLCON RELEASES IN THE AREA: UNKNOWN.
1 POSITION TITLE AND COMMENT OF THE PREPARING OFFICER:
INTELLIGNCE OFFICE.LIVE ON COUNTRY ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY.
POWER LINE RUNS ACROSS ROAD JUST WEST OF HOUSE. BRIGHT LIGHT ON
POST IN FRONT YARD AUTOMATICALLY GOES OFF AT SUNRISE. THIS LIGHT
ALSO WENT OFF WHEN UFO WAS SIGHTED. SEEN FROM CAR HEADING WEST
COMING OVER HILL ON ROAD, LOOKING DOWN AT OBJECT IN SHALLOW GULLEY,
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SAND FEET EAST OF SAND FEET EAST OF HOME. REFRACTION OF PORCH LIGHT T OR DISCHARGE
AFHO JOW S 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 60588 (10 Nov 66) Page 5 of 5
FROM POWER LINE POSSIBLE, BUT IMPROBABLE DUE TO DISTANCE, LOW HILLS
PORCH LIGHT REFRACTION WOULD NOT EXPLAIN THE FACT THAT NO SIGHTINGS
OCCURRED UNTIL RECENTLY. ALWAYS SEEN LATE AT NIGHT, NEVER LEAVES
TRACE ON ROAD CR SNOW, AND VANISHES TRACE ON ROAD CR SNOW, AND VANISHES AS AS OBSERVER'S AUTOMOBILE AUT OMOBILE
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PPDOACHES POSSLBLY SOME
SIMILAR TO BALL LIGHTNING. WILL SEND FOLLOH-UP PREPORT AND MAPS.
2. PHYSICAL . EVIDENCE: NONE.
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AFHO AN &S FORM 0-309C
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None of the people interviewed had any explanation of the light. They
were obviously not saucer cultists.
5. Mrs. said her son heard nothing when he saw the object, but
later that night he was kept awake no one
else heard.
6. The light has only been seen in recent weeks, and some of the
sightings occurred when there was no snow. The light leaves no trace
behind. It did not melt the snow.
FOR THE COMMANDER
WILLIAM B STOECKER, 2nd Lt, USAF 1 Atch 1 Atch
Intelligence Officer Intelligence Area Drawing of UF Area Drawing of Sighting
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