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Case FileNARA NAID 28955771 · T1206 Roll 19

Project Blue Book Case File

Minneapolis, Minn., July 1953July 1953

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Minneapolis, Minn., July 1953 in July 1953. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 19.

Reported location

Minneapolis, Minn., July 1953

Date of incident

July 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
1. DATE - TIME GROUP
22 July 53  20/1500Z

2. LOCATION
Minneapolis, Minn.

3. SOURCE
Civilians

4. NUMBER OF WITNESSES
Two

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Visual-Optical (TV)

7. COURSE
Not Probable

8. PHOTOS
□ Yes
☒ No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
□ Yes
☒ No

10. CONCLUSION
BALL UFO

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Object sighted - ball like - yellow trailing tail. Rapid movement. Not thought to be [illegible].

FORM
FTD SEP 43 0-320 (TDB)  Previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28955771

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MinneapolisMinneapolis, Minn.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-07-0122 July 53

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