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Case FileNARA NAID 28962164 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Alexandria, MinnesotaMay 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Alexandria, Minnesota in May 1955. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 23.

Reported location

Alexandria, Minnesota

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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Ske PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE | 22 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 0 Wos Balloon
| 20 May 195% Alexandria, Minnesota 0 Probably Balleon
ET TT eC Fe FE, TT Sy Tt OE AS Ra (1) Possi bly Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :
Local TT PP ER XE Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Ve bd
\ GMT uninown a: 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft |
5. PHOTOS . 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes Physical 0 Probably Astronomical
___ 3OKNo Specimen Ci vil ian 1 O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XX other hard coal =
DO Insufficient Dara for Evoluation |
0 Unknown
N/A one N/A :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
armer found the object the day after ATIC evaluation:
he had plowed up his field, Hard coal which was partially
: burned, Evidence located in
: : "evidence" file, Specimen in
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
E SERRE i Rae AL SE AB Lh sn Se adit Bsa a Saal A Be Be Be Ea nei ee a ln X y
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962164

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