Minneapolis, Minnesota (31 A Div), April 1956April 1956

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On April 19, 1956, AF Major and dependents in Minneapolis, Minnesota reported seeing one octangular object from 8:20 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. The object had plane surfaces the size of a quarter as seen through binoculars and about the size of the end of a cigarette to the naked eye. It appeared aluminum colored and emitted high intensity light on the bottom. The object was at approximately 60 degrees at an azimuth of 290 degrees and remained stationary throughout the five hour observation. The Air Force concluded the sighting was definitely caused by the planet Venus. The sky was clear at the time of sighting. Venus was at the same position as the UFO at the time of the sighting and appeared a bluish-white color.

Reported location

Minneapolis, Minnesota (31 A Div), April 1956

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
19 April 1956

2. LOCATION
Minneapolis, Minnesota (31 A

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 20/0100Z to 0600Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
X No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
five hours

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One octangular object, plane surfaces, the size of a quarter as seen through binoculars and about the size of the end of a cigarette as seen by the naked eye. The object appeared to be an aluminum color and seemed to emit a high intensity light on the bottom. The object was at approximately 60 dgrs at an azimuth of 290 dgrs.

No REPORT IN FILE

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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

6. SOURCE
AF Major & dependents

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
one  stationary

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
X Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
X Possibly Aircraft
X Astronomical Venus
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
This hq is of the opinion that this sighting was definitely caused by the planet Venus. The sky was clear at the time of the sighting, the duration of the sighting (5 hours) is that of an astronomical sighting, the object appeared stationary & the planet Venus was at the same position as the UFO at the time of sighting. Venus appears a bluish-white color.

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