Buhl, MinnesotaJanuary 1961

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On January 14, 1961, at about 2100 (9:00 p.m.), a civilian at Buhl, Minnesota reported a round object the size of a tennis ball at arm's length. It was white with some red coloring and faded on and off from bright to dim. The object was estimated between 15,000 and 25,000 feet, in the west.

The object remained stationary for about 25 minutes, then moved off toward the west-northwest. It disappeared over the horizon at about 315 degrees. A city policeman was with the observer and verified the sighting. The observer said it looked like an object he had reported earlier in December in the same area.

The Air Force conclusion was probably astronomical. The comment says the planet Venus was very bright at that time of year and was in the reported location, and that the red color was probably due to the planet being close to the horizon.

Reported location

Buhl, Minnesota

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4% fo £4 a3 fl 01 Wos Balloon
45 dail Od bunt, MINNesota 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i FWY S—
lene) . 0 Was Aircraft
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WS EEE BX. Ground-Visucl Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
MT 1402127 Re) 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 8 SOURCE |G Was Astronomicol | ¢ 40.
QO Yes & Probably Astronomical
& No | Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O35ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CS ERE HE NT
I : 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
) . 0 Unknown
Li min 1 WIVW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object, size off |. COMMENTSThe planet Venus, which is vers
| tennis ball, White with some red coloring. brignt this time cf year, was in the lo
Intermittent fading from bright to dim, Esti- | cation reported for this cbject. Red
nated at abetween 15,000 and 25,000' at 270°W, coloring was probably due to the planet
Object remained stationary for 25 min then being close to the horizon.
noved off in a WNW direction, disappearing ove
2 orizon at 315° WNW.
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