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Case FileNARA NAID 29000577 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaApril 1963

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 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
g 5 ; 0 Was Balloon
7 April 1963 | Duluth, Minnesota 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
oa iba tious liv: Phakic ia RE round- Visual O Ground-Rodar 2 lB
: GMT 08/0320Z O Air Visual 8] Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft i
ESTP HOT OS nema een seas ar: ox | IBUSOUR GE Bi ie dy ro rust nse ho ee | ph RE A slats
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical {
; XR No | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JB 0) | rE AR ARR Re
Insufficient Data for Evaluation !
O Unknown |
15 minutes | one I SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round bright white object size of star | ECHO was over Duluth at 820 DPM
moving to SE. No change in intensity, at 83 dgr elevation S of City |
: and object lost in brightness of moon. moving SE, Time error of exactly
: Initial observation at 45 dgr elevatio one hour, Sighting conforms to
290 dgr azimuth and disappearance afte satellite observation with this
15 minutes at 30 dgr elevation 120 dgr exception. Possible error in
azimuth, Straight flight, Appeared to conversionto Zebra time, Case
bo satellite from flight path. considered as insufficient data
due to this discrepancy.
Ha Le A
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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