PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT ICO73-RECORD 7
1."DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
12 Mar 67 12/15002 Rochester, Minnesota
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS was
Form 164 sent to observer, form not returaed yet Case
1 will be re-evaluated when form returned.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
2 minutes Object appeared as an inverted mushroom; and slightly larger
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION than a car. It was about two ft thick with a stack on top.
There was smoke or plastic streamer coming from the stack.
Ground Visual Object was initialy hovering, then tilted forty-five deg,
7. COURSE wabbled, and disappeared to the NW.
NW
8. PHOTOS
Y.s
No No
. PHYSICAL 9. PHYS EVIDENCE DENCE
Ys Ys
XNo XNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editlone of thie form may bo ueed. Previous editlone of thle form may be ueed.
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Rochestery Minnesota 55901
L vReference your unidentified observation of March 12, 1967. The
report indicates that you took pictüres of the UrO To aid in our
evaluation we would appreciate your forwarding the original negatives
along with the following camera data.
&. Type and make of camera
B Type, focal 1 length, and make of lens. 5
Brand and type of film.
Shutter speed used. its
Lens opening used; that is, "e" stop-
Filters used.
Was. tripod solid stand used.
Was "panning" used.
E M OY/LE Exact direction. camera was pointing with relation to true
North, and its angle with respect to the ground.
2. If supplemental information is unobtainable, the minimum canera
data required are the type of camera, and the smallest and largest "f"
att 934x04
2

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photio 01
UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAF MESSAGE BRANCH
INComiNG mEssage
AF IN : 20710 (24 Mar 67) D/wkt Pg l of 3
ACTION : RDC-4 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7, DIA-1 - (19.) ADV CY DLA
SMB AO16RTTU JAW RUCIHM 0046 0822129-UUUU--RUEDHQA
NR UUUUU
R 232130Z MAR 67
FM 29ADIV DULUTH INTL APRT MINN
TO RUWMFVA ADC
RUEDF IR/FTO WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO MUORPGWOHY
RUEDHQACSAF RUEDHQA/C SAF
RUEDHQA OSAF RUEDHQA OSAF WASHDC WASHDC
B BT
SAF-O1. SUBJECT UFO). REFERENCE REFERENCE
AFR 80-17. AFR 80-17.
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OB ECT:
A INV ERTED MUSHROOM
B SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A CAR
C. UNKN OWN.
: D ONE
ENA
F. ABOUT TWO FEET THICK WITH A STACK.
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AFHQ AN0-309C FORM UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAF MESSAGE BRANCH
iNcomiNG message
Pg 2 of 3
G SMKE OR PLASTIC STREAMER COMING FROM STACK.
H NONE
INONE
DESCRIPTION OF CURSE OF OBJECT:
B TWEN TY-FIVE OR THIRTY GROUND.
C.UNKNOWN. C. UNKNOWN.
D INITIALLY WAS OVERING
E. TILTED FORTY-F REES, WOBBLED, AND DISAPPEARED TO S, WOBBLED, AND DISAPPEARED TO
NORTHWEST. NOR THWEST.
F. TWO MINUTES.
3. MANNER OF OBSERV ATI ON: 3 MANNER OF OBSERV ATION:
A GROUND VISUAL
BNONE
C. NONE
4 TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
1
A. 12/1500Z MARCH 1967.
B DAY.
5 LOCATION OF OBSERVER: OBSERVER'S HOME IN ROCHESTER, MINN.
IDENTIFYING AGE TWELVE;
AFHO JAM OS FORN 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
incoming messace
AF IN : 20710 Pg 3 of 3
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WE NINE F OUR EIGHT NORTHEAST THIRD AVENUE, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.
7. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS: AWS WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN
WEATHER DATA FOR ANY AREA NEAR ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA. A MR.
OF ROCHESTER DESCRIBED THE WEATHER R AS BEING OVERCAST THAT
DAY.
8. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION: NONE.
9. INTERCEPTOR OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN: NONE.
10. AIR TRAFFIC AND BALLOON RELEASES IN THE AREA: UNKNOWN.
11. POSITION TITLE AND COMMENTS OF THE PREPARING OFFICER:
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. WILL SEND FQLOW-UP REPORT, TRYING TO OBTAIN
PHOTOGRAPHS. THE ROCHESTER POST BULLETIN (NEWSPAPER) REPORTEOLY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE ROCHESTER POST BULLETIN (NEWSPAPER) REPORTEDLY
FUBLISHED AT LEAST ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH WERE ALSO
BRIEFLY POSSESSED BY A GARY PETERSEN, ALLEGEDLY. A TELEVISION
ANNOUNCER IN ROCHESTER HE SAID THEY SHOWED AN OBJECT AS
CESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT, WI TH CARS AND BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND.
12. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: THREE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ALLEGEDLY MADE BY
IS BELIEVED THAT THEY Y ARE NOW IN HIS POSSESSION.
BT
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AFHQ JAN SS FORN 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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FLYING SAUCER IN ROCHESTER -OR WHAT?
Picttres s Taken by Mark I Hrubetz, 12. Through Liuing Room Window

By JOHN NOVOTNEY about 9:15 on a Sunday The object was over the
Post-Bulletin Stalf Writer morning, and Mark was the apartment when he first saw
"I don't really believe in only member of the family it, but moved over the street
flying saucers from another who was up at the time. His by the time he took the pic-
pianet, but I suppose its parents did not see the ob- tures, he said. His camera
possible." ject, and he doesn't know was a "little cheap one he
Mark, Hrubetz, 12, son of of any neighbors who may won in a contest.
Mr. and Mrs. D.L. Hrubetz, have seen it. The circular object "tilted
1948 3rd Ave, NE, made this "We thought Mark was or wobbled back and forth"
object, Mark said.
'I was awfully scared be-
cause it was so low," he
said. It looked to him to be
about the size of a car.
He raced out to the kit-
chen, got his camera and
took three pictures of the
round object before it lifted
up out of sight. It was in
view for onlv about 45 sec-

He raced out to the kit-
chen, got his camera and
took three pictures of the
round object before it lifted
up out of sight. It was in
view for only about 45 sec-
onds, and he could hear no
sound from the object.
The boy wass sincere
when telling about the inci-
dent, and did not appear to
be attempting to perpetrate
a hoax.
This incident took place

Object
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mates thought the pictures
were "pretty neat," Mark
said, but a few accused him
of rigging the pictures. He
insists he did not, and these
accusations have made him'
reluctant to report it to Air
Force authorities.
I am not about to let my
boy get up on the roof and
rig up something like that,"
Mrs. Hrubetz said, adding it
wouldn't be like him to do
that sort of thing, anyway.
Mark is interested in as-
tronomy and got a telescope
for Christmas.