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Case FileNARA NAID 28959036 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaJuly 1954

Unidentified

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 July 1954. The full case file (4 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 21.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 5 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 Tr TOE Duluth. Minnesota ‘© Was Balloon
/ ; 18 Jul; 1954 Red 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BE Dba
i 3 BX y O Was Aircraft
Local Asani 0 Ground-Visual © 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_19/01077 XAir~ Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Ll Fosstiny al reraty
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
2 " O Yes TE HAS 5 O Probably Astronomical
= 8 No Military & Civilian (coc) O Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EO) here muiaie Prt Baldi Shi
; O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
vr v “re a
di H 23 Min 1 Unknown
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Round, blus and silver. Steady motion. Ballon evaluation.
| Dafinitely identified as a balloon by use of
| winoculars and intercept,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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. A 2 y
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959036

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