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Case FileNARA NAID 28940414 · T1206 Roll 9

Project Blue Book Case File

Hastings, MinnesotaDecember 1951

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 Hastings, Minnesota in December 1951. 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 9.

Reported location

Hastings, Minnesota

Date of incident

December 1951

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE “P| 2. LOCATION “ 12. CONCLUSIONS p ?
i = XZ Wes Bolloon !
12 December 1951 Hastinzs ldnnesgota mn) Probably Bolleon [RE
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ww Fosny Sates :
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Local oy. a. S— O Ground- Vi suel O Ground-Roador S Peovly rere 3
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CMT 12/21507 TTAieVisvel O Airelntercep? Rader O Possibly Aircroh in
S. PHOTOS . . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
0 Yes Ars 92 DO Probably Astronomicol FJ
| BI Ne Military OU Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SRR ——
0 Insufficient Deic for Evaluation 3
3 to 4 minutes 1 O Unknown od
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ye |. commENTS PPLE “| ES
Pilot at 10,000 ft observing object at all tires Evaluated as balloon,
helow his a/c. Object resembled kite, Made 3
| second observation helow left wing tip and :
| object appeared as round and white, Assumed PE
~ ] object to be balloon, Appeared round, 18 " to :
| 2 ft in diameter, white or silver. Gave illusipn bo
| of spinning, Pilot attempted to close on object. bed
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Chject to bez two objects approximately 1 ft arprt. £4
 ¢ Could nct locate object when turn made for bs
additional observation, FY
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4 EA ES ERE —. - &
k - ATIC PORM 1329 (RFV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940414

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