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Case FileNARA NAID 29000270 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaFebruary 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 February 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

February 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
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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
4 1. DATE * 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 d O Was Balloon
: 4 r ; O Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sh ansisty OOIse
i Local — | XGround-Visual O Ground-Radar & Probaify Riyerets
GMT 15/00497 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: XNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [DBE a) Pr aA EN LR I EO
| O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
SE . ! t O Unknown
E 6-7 seconds one | NE
CLE aa tee. Se Lc os a
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : i COMMENTS ;
Round obj=ct with long tail, bluish Bolide sighting. Buration too
wirite, with flight culminating in | short for satellite decay,
disintegration, Observed from point Object had characteristics of
overhead to 45 dgr elevation in NE. bolide, Witness probably not
Flight 6-7 seconds, Observer thought familiar with disintegration of
object not meteor. Believed to be meteors. Lo DecAY Till DATE
decay, He %
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000270

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