PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7455218

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1967

REPORTED LOCATIONMinneapolis Minnesota

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 1CO73 RECORD
1. DA IF - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
Ae 61 1/02504 Minneapolis, Minnesota (Muitirio)
3. MOUTCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civilian BALLOON (Hot Air)
1. NUIBER OF OBJECTS
1-3
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
40 minuces Object was round. About the size or a breadbaskec. Oranrx Object was round. About the size or a breadbaskec. Oranee
glow. Sightings varied fron one oo, et to as lan. . Sightings varied from one oo, ct to as id, ...
6. 1YPE OF OBSERVATION These were sighted at one time. These were sighted at one time. Occasionally .de Occasionally .dte
Ground Visual stream of flames orrparks. Flame was estimated at varioud stream of flames orsparks. "Flame was estimated at verioud
7. COURSE lengths. Travel was slower at lower distance. ine orange lengths. Travel was slower at lower distance. ine orange
COURSE glow went out or appeared to vanish.
E-S-W
5. FHOTOS
n Yes
x 10
9. PHYSIC DENCE
11 Yos
IX No
FORH
TD SEP 63 Q-329 (TDE) Prevlous editione of thle form may bo used.

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2, Desoription of courss of objeots
sightings of" the same
b. Angleiof elevaticn of objeot and azimuth of objeot when first obsarved?
Varied from shout 15o above the horizon
.
disnpreirad while ataltituda. some lost it ovar rooftona
d. Description of flight path and maneuvers of objeot (elevations in
azimuth, not altitude) iboeired to travel fren northeast to west.
Rerarts indicute thatit wti
visible in various parts of Minneapolis from 2010 to 2050 1ocal time
30 Mannar of observationi
2 Mathod of cbaervation (ground-visual, air-visual, radar eto.) Visnal.
towar was uoable to ohserye it, visyally or with higocu lars
20 Statement as to
04 If the sighting occurred while airborne, give type of aircraft,
identification, altitude, heading, speed, and home station.
Not sisted fron the air
40 Time and date of sightings
. Greenwich date-time group of sighting and looal tima 13ri162
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6.
Nwerous
s. 0 Mailing address
Education
Estimate of reliability Unable to judcs raliability
b. Military: Name None Grade
Organization
Duty Estimate of
7. Weather and th s-aloft conditions at time and place of sig ngs
2. Obsarve: Lwool
b.
and velocity in degrees and knots at surface, 6,000; 10,000; 16,000;
20,000; 30,000; 50,000; and 80,000 feet, if available. surfana0so/09
3,000050/10;5,000 020/08;10,000_320/14
C Ceiling Unlinited Visibility
Amount of cloud cover None Thunderstorms in area
and quadrant in which located
d. Vertical "Standard lapse rate (no inversion)
110.19
10. direction of flight of any air
trazis or balocn releases in the area that might sibly account for the
None retorted
12. Poaition, title and commenta of the preparing offioer inoluding his
preliminary analysis of the posaible the sightingss Lhave iewestigated
thrn the agencies listed in iten # snd there for
osjects were mcst likely hotuir balaonsirithcsndlesiuthasas
b tranksters.! Carrier
Cromp, Mols St Paul IntllaprtMinneapolia,Minesotsst,i7
Office Phone: Area coie 6l2 Pa 12915 Ex 533 AUTOV0N: 884-1400 Ext 533
Home phone; 866-2494