Duluth, MinnesotaJuly 1962

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Summary

On July 27, 1962, a railroad switchman in Duluth, Minnesota, looked up and saw a bright star-like object in the night sky. He watched it for 10 to 15 minutes from a railroad yard at 623 Garfield Avenue. The object appeared high in the north and moved to the south. The man said it zig-zagged three or four times before it seemed to go straight up into a haze. He was joined by two co-workers. The sky was clear and cool.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card noted that several research groups were flying high-altitude balloon payloads, and that military and civilian balloons were launched nearby. The Air Force said the object matched the patterns of a balloon. Wind data at both lower and higher altitudes ran from the northwest, which fit the reported direction. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a balloon.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

MN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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O Wes Balloon
94 Ye Ty +s Adm aE ta Q {Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TUR we |
O Was Aircraft
FE RRR IPR REE -B.Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft |
: GMT 22..04327 O AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PMOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical |
@ No Civilian QO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD TTT ioniiuiiiiapisuisns
; QO Insufficient Data for Evaluation] |
EA : : : 0 Urknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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of dh Late idg Eh eo Tl ight Sattubnipayloads -Al80 militayy & civilian
Vara Mi ant ional pxds, UB] ousyd §/ ports located m2arby, Obj has
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at hoth lower & higher alls were
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direction of tha obj. Duration
2130 consistant w/the sneads fm
29%4D knots, Evaluated as balloon]
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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