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Case FileNARA NAID 28995096 · T1206 Roll 44

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaOctober 1961

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 October 1961. 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 44.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
i 7 ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

EE . ot aS ACE
3 1. DATE 4 2. LOCATION 12. COKCLUSIONS

] g 5 , iE brs NTR C0 Was Bolloon
| 11 Oct 61 | Duluth, linnesota, robably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION bl nt opp
3 1940 XH 0 Was Aircrafs (| ctl Of fd
1 Local TRA AT SC 6 Ground-VYisvol 0 Ground-Rodor ful Probably Aircroft J
3 NY D AirVisval O Air-Intercopt Radar O Possibly Aircraft

E 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astrenomicol

0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

3 BENo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ER RR REI
2 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 3-4 min 3 NE lla

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGOD jts observed ot terrififl, COMMENTS Observation appears tc ve 1 of
k S 23 fgea Hi+ta Nr r Pa del c ne y by Ah s g . . ~

b CARITA did dba by Observer ae 3 to refueling mission. Quick time sector of

; g. ee Santer Uhah ie wev red about Fe Line soda (2k,000-29,000). Speed, altituif,
4 nib ii Fr +8 ang 45 times ; Hass 35 ks and duration of sighting conform +o this

2 crailing objts. 1st obJt yellowish; other 2 analysss

: red tinit with apparent attachment to lst CREB RTE

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995096

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