DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7280585
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONDuluth AFB Minnesota
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PROJEC" 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
5 Oct 67 0858z Duluth AFB, Mrnecota
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION $÷2
Military/Civilian
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Following wer at those locations during sighting:
Venus (Az 8g5. ELe 15°) Regulus (Az
1 Jupiter (Az 9(0 -Ele 22°)
5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANI ANALYSIS
$1^\fra } } ou $^\fr } ou Object Object
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ti. TYPE OF OBSERVATION was round. Orject turned red-orange and white. was round. Or ject turned red-orange and white.
Ground Visual Uen
7. COURSE Jopi Jopi Tan
2 2
Varied in shoy Treiny
8. PHOTOS 8. FHOTOS MWmaen
n7 Yes
XX No
9. PHYSIC DENCE
baroly
Yos
23 No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previoua editiona of thia form mny ne uaod.
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UNCLASSIFIED 5 Ot67
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF TN : 61329(9 Oct 67) A/jp Pgiorl
ACETON: RDC-4
SMB E102rttuzyuw ruc iHM, JURUEFHQA
ZNR UUUUU
R 091740Z OCT 67
AM 29ADIV DULUTH 4 TAP Minn
To RuvMFva/ADc
RuedF ir/Fdt WPafb oh1o Ruedf iryfdt wpaf3 ohio
RUEF HQA/C SAF
RUEFHQA/OSAF KASHOO RUEFHQA/OSAF HASHDC
ZEN/UNIVERSITY OULDER CCLO
BT
UCLAS FROM 29 OIN 19632 LCLAS FROM 29 0IN 19632 OCTOBER 1967. FOR: OCTOBER ADOIN, TDETR,
AFRDC, SAF-OI, U.C. (DR. CONDON)
O. REFERENCE: AFR 8D-17
1DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT:
A. ROUND
B. oNE EIGhTH FulL MOON AT ZENITH
C. RED ORANGE E and Walte
D. ONE
E. NONE
F. CHANGED FROM REO ORANCE TO WHITE
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A IN : 61329 Pg2r4
G. NONE
HNONE
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1. NONE
2 DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
A. Brighter and larger than star
B. BEARING ABOUT 090 AND ABOUT 20-25 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON B. BEARiNg ABOUT 090 AND ABOUT 20-25 DEgREES ABOVE HoRiZON
C. BEARING ABOUT 100 AND ABOUT 25-30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZ ON HORIZON
O.SEEMED TO SLONLY MOVE 0. SEEMED tO SLOnLy MOVE UP AND DOWN A LITTLE
E. FADED AT DAWN
F ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF F ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF
MANNER CF OBSERVAT IGN:
A GROUND VISUAL
B_NONE
C.N/A
4o TIME AND DATE CF SIGHTING:
A. 5/P858 ZULU,
B. NIGHT
50 LOCATION OF CBSErVERs: DulUTH AFB, 74 AiR DEFEnSE MISSiLE
SQUAORON, AND INESOTA.
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AF IN : 61329 Pg 3 ofh
6.IDENTIFYING INF ORMATION ON OBSERVERS: 2/LT ERIC OLSON, 74ADMS;
S
DULUTH, MINNE SOTA, EPHONE
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SEEN BY MRS. ND FIVE OTHER AIR POLICE.
7 VEATHER AND WINDS ALCF E aND PlaCe sIght inGs
A$CLEAR
B. AWS ACOUNT B AWS ACOUNT GF YINDS: GF WINDS:
(1) NONE
(2) 300/44
(3) 300/33
(4) 290/60
(5) 280/90
(6) 280/115
(7) 270/108
C.NONE
D. FIFTEEN MILES PLUS
E.NONE
F.NONE
G. A SIX DEGREE CENTIGRADE INVERSION AT T200 FEET
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AF IN : 61329 Pg 4 of 4
IM ANY OTHER INUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION: NOVE
9INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN: NONE
10. AIR trafFic oR BALloonS in AReA: nO BalooNS in AREA
11. POSITION TITLE AND COMENTS OF PREPAR INg 0705Z
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4 SMALL LIGHTS WERE SEEN, SAME TIME AND PlACE AS SAC FLARE DROP. 4 Small lights were seen, same time and place as sac flare D DROP.
OBECT WAS AS BIG AS A BASEBALL AT ARM'S LENGTH, LATER SAID IT OBECT WAS AS BIG AS A BASEBALL AT ARM'S LENGTH, LATER SAID It S
WAS ONE EIGHTH SIZE OF FULL MOON. MOON IS BETTER GAUGE, AS OBSERVERS BETTER GAUGE, AS OBSERVERS
EXAGERATE SIZE OF BASEBALL.
12 PHYSICAL 12, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: NONE.
BT
NNNN
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