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Case FileNARA NAID 28988829 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Duluth, MinnesotaSeptember 1960

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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 September 1960. 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 40.

Reported location

Duluth, Minnesota

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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MULTIPLE SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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BE | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS !
1 9 Sep 60 Duluth, Minnescta O Wos Bolloon
i QO Probably Bolloon |
3 ER Ra Re ERE] Ee i Son ERA Cr SS VSN CUA SRI AN I i i
3 | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERYATION BT |
3 ! , * 0 Was Aiicroft |
| | 2. Ground- Vi sual OD Ground-Rodor g  Pesbibly Alvarele |
; GMT.L 23502 0 AirVisuol 0 Aireintarcept Rodor O Possibly Aircrait
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE J Was Astronomical
3 { O Yes M114 SA 0 Probably Astronomicel lenacr
; | FMllitary : OU Possibly Astronomicol
: : CL Na
4 {| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE i BO
y pa hs 2 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation!
5-0 sec one SW 0 Unknown |
3 GAVE ERSTE Sel EE RR CNS (NE ee aie a RE IE DE DR Fm MI SS SRR
] [10, BRIZE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
E Pear shaped object, size of basketball, leading| Probably a very large and very bright |
{=dge bright green, midsection bright white, | meteor. |
3 {ail Tright yellow which tapered. Did not |
4 [appear to be traveling as fast as a meteor.
i (Disappeared instantaneously. |
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E ATIC PORM 329 (R2V 26 5FP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988829

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