Beaulieu, MinnesotaFebruary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 18, 1956, a civilian in Beaulieu, Minnesota reported seeing an object like a basketball that was green and red. The object descended slowly in flight toward the northeast and then disappeared over the horizon. The observer noted WX balloons in the area. One object was sighted during a ground-visual observation. The duration of the sighting was not reported. The witness had excellent reliability. Red and green lights disappearing over the horizon indicated a probable aircraft sighting. Balloons tend to have an appearance of rising and fading into distance. Red and green lights are associated with aircraft lights. The Air Force evaluated the case as aircraft on limited data presented.

Reported location

Beaulieu, Minnesota

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

MN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
18 February 1956                 Beaulieu, Minnesota            [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                 [X] Probably Aircraft
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          [ ] Possibly Aircraft
Local____                       [X] Ground-Visual             [ ] Was Astronomical
GMT_19/0135Z                    [ ] Air-Visual                [ ] Probably Astronomical
                                [ ] Ground-Radar              [ ] Possibly Astronomical
5. PHOTOS                       [ ] Air-Intercept Radar       [ ] Other___________
[ ] Yes                                                        [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] No                          6. SOURCE                      [ ] Unknown
                                Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS          9. COURSE
not reported                     one                           northeast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS
Object like basketball, green and  Red and green lights disappearing
red slowly descending in flight to  over horizon indicate probable
NE. Disappeared over horizon. WX    a/c sighting. Balloons tend to
balloons in area.                   have appearance of rising and
                                   fading into distance. Red and
                                   green associated with a/c lights.
                                   Duration not reported however
                                   case evaluated as a/c on limited
                                   data presented.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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