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Case FileNARA NAID 28969232 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Laport, Minnnesota, March 1957March 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Laport, Minnnesota, March 1957 in March 1957. The full case file (3 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 27.

Reported location

Laport, Minnnesota, March 1957

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 March 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 10/00552

2. LOCATION
Laport, Minnesota

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
25 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
up and south

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One star shaped object the size of a dime at arm's length. Object was white moving upward and southward. Obj faded in the distance after having been seen visually for 25 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description of flight path and manner of disappearance indicates that this sighting was probably caused by a balloon.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969232

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Organizations

31ST ADIV SNELLING AB MINN756TH AC&W RON FINLAND AB MINNAIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AB COLOAIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AB OHIO

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

LaportLaport, Minnesota

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-03-019 March 1957