Hopkins, Minnesota & St. Paul, MinnesotaNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 10, 1957, civilians near Hopkins and St. Paul, Minnesota reported a round object. The sighting lasted about 80 minutes. The object was orange, changing to bright white, and was the size of a silver dollar or baseball. It moved three times in three minutes, moving, stopping, then moving again, heading southwest.

The witnesses watched with a telescope and binoculars. Several civilians filed reports, and a police network broadcast the sighting. The sky was clear. A control tower reported a Braniff aircraft in the area at the time.

An intelligence officer said the time and location of the witnesses showed some object was seen, and from the description it could have been a star. The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical and identified it as Venus. An astronomical plot placed Venus in the exact location reported. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Hopkins, Minnesota & St. Paul, Minnesota

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Hopkins, Minnesota & O Wos Balloon |
vow a Buty 03 2 ry “4 Pa] M4 esata DO Probably Ballcon
a 10 November 1857 L ul innesota O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
’ y 0O Was Aircraft 3
ROI cisterns AK Graund- Visual PRI So To. od i Q Probebly Aircroft
CT elescope & Binoculars 0 Possibly Aireroft
GAT 11/00307 a Rin Visual © 0 Air-Intercept Rador 4
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE OX “Was Astronomical YON US
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
TE ERY 0 i ; :
0 No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE I ae
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: io 0 Unknown
80 minutes One oo b ee i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, orange object changing to Venus has caused much excitement
bright white, size of silver dollar this year because it is very close
to baseball, object moved 3 times in to the earth and is very bright,
3 minutes. Moved, stopped, then An astro plot shows Venus to be
moved in that manner, in exact location reported by the
observers,
ATIC FORM 329 (RPV 25 SEP 52)

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