Anoka, MinnesotaJuly 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 Anoka, Minnesota in July 1955. The full case file (2 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

Anoka, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

MN / US

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

Transcribed text

UFOB INDEX CARD                                    AISB-UFOB-24-3-55

1. DATE               2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   25                    Anoka, Minnesota              (X) Was Balloon
july 1955                                              ( ) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP   4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          ( ) Possibly Balloon
Local                 (X) Ground-Visual              ( ) Was Aircraft
GMT 26/0115Z July 1955  ( ) Ground-Radar              ( ) Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS            ( ) Air-Visual                  ( ) Possibly Aircraft
( ) Yes              ( ) Air-Intercept Radar         ( ) Was Astronomical
(X) No               6. SOURCE                       ( ) Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF         Civilian                        ( ) Possibly Astronomical
OBSERVATION          8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE  ( ) Other
Forty minutes  One (1)        Stationary           ( ) Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                        11. COMMENTS
   One round, red glare, which appeared to be       Due to the description of the object
   like a light bulb, was the rise of a soft-       and the duration of the sighting this
   ball held at arms length.                        headquarters is of the opinion that
                                                     the observer possibly saw a balloon.

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962959

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