Golden Valley, Minn., January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 9, 1959, near Golden Valley, Minnesota, a civilian reported seeing two round objects about the size of a nickel. One object was blue, orange, and red. The other object was white and circled around the first object. The sighting lasted between five and seven minutes. A low overcast was reported at the time. The sighting was probably a reflection from any light source east of Golden Valley, which is approximately four miles from the city of Minneapolis. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Golden Valley, Minn., January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 Jan 59

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 09/0733Z

5. [illegible]
□ Yes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 - 7 mins

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two round objs, size of a nickel. One blue, orange, red. The blue circled around the red obj. Objs still in sight at time of report.

2. LOCATION
Golden Valley, Minn.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
□Ground-Viewed □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Viewed □ Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

10. COURSE
not given

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□X. Other - Reflection
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Low overcast reported at time of this sighting. Sighting was probably a reflection from any light source east of Golden Valley, which is approximately 4 miles from the City of Minneapolis.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981678