20 Mi NW of Minneapolis, Minn, July 1955July 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 25, 1955, at 2:07 a.m. local time, a civilian near Minneapolis, Minnesota, 20 miles northwest of the city, reported sighting a round object. The object appeared as a red glare similar to a light bulb and seemed to be hovering in the northwest direction. One object was observed. The length of observation was not recorded. The Air Force concluded the sighting had insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

20 Mi NW of Minneapolis, Minn, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 JUL 55

2. LOCATION
20 MI NW of Minneapolis, Minn

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT
26/0145Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XD Ground-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
X[ ] No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
n/a

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
Hovered in NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, appeared as a red glare and was similar to light bulb. Seemed to be hovering.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Wes Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
X[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 8 SEP 52)

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