McIntosh, Minn, December 1955December 1955

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Summary

On December 5, 1955, at 2125 hours (9:25 p.m.), a housewife in McIntosh, Minnesota, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. She described it as shaped like a baseball bat and silvery in color. The object appeared to be divided into three separate parts, yet still seemed to form a single unit.

The witness heard a very loud noise, like a train. The object moved in an erratic pattern, going down and toward the south while spinning. It would spin for a time, then drift, then spin again before eventually fading from sight. The entire observation lasted about one minute.

The sighting took place under calm, clear weather conditions. The Air Force received the report and recorded it as a ground-visual observation. The official evaluation noted on the case card indicates the object was "possibly aircraft," though the file does not contain a detailed investigation report or final conclusion explaining that assessment.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 13 pages.

Reported location

McIntosh, Minn, December 1955

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1 Een PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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. |v pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

-4 O Was Balloon

4 McIntosh, Minn 0 Probably Balloon

* | 3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Lh Ressiby Eeiieen

0 Was Aircraft

i EC {| Pree a Rn Ee SN ® Ground-Visuadl 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircroft

4 omt.05/21052 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar | P* Possibly Aircraft

| | 5. PHOTOS . RCE 0 Was Astronomical

a 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical

4 civilian O Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cl Others, Si
q DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 : 0 Unknown

. |1l min 1 S :

- 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | : i
* IShaped like ball bat. Silver, looked like Poss A/C.

= |it was in 3 parts, but still in one part, like

~ |it was divided. Noise-very loud, iike a train.

i Going down and South, spipbning, snd then

~ |would drift, then would spin.

1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 352)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964286