Hopkins, Minn., January 1953January 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 10, 1953, at 11:02 a.m., a ground observer named Mr. J.L. Rittenhouse reported sighting a slow, fan-shaped object flying southwest of his home in Hopkins, Minnesota. Rittenhouse used a powerful telescope and binoculars to observe the object. He stated the object was 15 miles long, star-like in appearance, and changed from brilliant to dull. The pointed end of the fan-shaped object pointed downward and looked like a pillar of light. The object disappeared beyond the horizon. Rittenhouse stated the object did not resemble any type of plane. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a possible astro (star/planet) setting, but noted that however data did not reliably confirm or positional data.

Reported location

Hopkins, Minn., January 1953

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
10 Jan 53 11/0215Z

2. CATION
Hopkins, Minn.

3. SOURCE
UC Member

10. CONCLUSION
INSUFFICT OF DATA FOR EVALUATION

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

Possible astro (Star/Planet) setting. However data not reliably dependon or positional data.

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not Reported

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

Source utilized powerful telescope & binoculars in sighting a slaw, fan shape object. Source stated object was 15 miles long, star like, changin from brilliant to dull, point of fan shape down, looked like a pillar of light, disappeared beyond horizon.

7. COURSE

8. PHOTOS
Y Yes
XX No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Y Yes
XX No

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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