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Case FileNARA NAID 28986709 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaApril 1960

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 Duluth, Minnesota in April 1960. The full case file (5 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 38.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
27 April, 1960 Duluth, Minnesota D Pretty Bellon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION I, PONY Seno |
0 Was Aireraft
BI coicisnioniiniiihishinin ibis B(Ground-Visvel 0 Ground-Redor 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 2 0 Air Visval Q Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
Ss. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTN OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE pn’ DINO iim
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3% to 4 minutes One Ascending i cisigata |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
‘Round, dim, yellow light, travelling at a Description of balloon ascending. It |
very high rate of speed, about the size of is possible that the witness observed
a pea at arm's length observed to zig-zag 2 balloon released from on of the
and circle. Moved striaght up. No known air local air stations or weather stations
traffic in area. in the area.
ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 36 SEP 52) .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986709

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