Brainerd, MinnesotaNovember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 14, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Brainerd, Minnesota. The witness was a housewife and ground observer who noticed the object while driving a car. The object was watched for about one minute during the day.

The report described an oblong object the size of a basketball. It was silver on the top and bottom with a black stripe in the center. The object was descending toward the ground and went out of view. The sky was cloudy. A sheriff checked the area and found only tracks that may have been made by a small aircraft.

The Air Force record card lists the case as insufficient data. The preparing officer thought it was very possibly a balloon released by a local research organization, but all known balloon projects in the area were checked with negative results. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Brainerd, Minnesota

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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en PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD “Ha at
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
DO Was Balloon |
14 November 1956 Brainerd, Minnesota O Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possitiy Salton |
FU RA. M¥¥Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a oR rap AE |
omt__14/1830Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . § O Was Astronomical
X O Yes O Probably Astronomical
X22 No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 DUN isi iisisaprininsiassniinn
XX Insufficient Dore for Evaluation f
O Unknown
one minute one descendin :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS |
One object oblong, size of basketball, Insufficient data. However, |
color silver on top and bottom, Bladk this is very possibly a | |
stripe in center, Object was descend- balloon released from @eneral
ing to ground out of view, Mills, Raven Industries or |
some other local research |
organization.
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