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Case FileNARA NAID 28962388 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Minneapolis, Minnesota Topeka Kansas, June 1955June 1955

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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, Minnesota Topeka Kansas, June 1955 in June 1955. The full case file (6 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 23.

Reported location

Minneapolis, Minnesota Topeka Kansas, June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Gait a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
TE TT ey 1 70 v7 A SR
5 June 1955 1. Minneapolis, Minnesota
?. Topeka, Kansas a i
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"% DATESTINEGROUP . | TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Possibly Balloon
Local Rp em gr 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a isk Re Lp A |
GMT is : 293322 June 1955 X% Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
"5. PHOTOS y Er SR YE UR O Was Astronomical
O Yes le Civilian Pilot O Probably Astronomical gol
tf Ne i Military Pilot A_ Possibly Astronomical Walls BS
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |B", Otherti2daoye— :
: . Three (3) Seconds One (1) | 1. INE Lo SW 6 ih lhe :
, >, Torty (40) seconds 2, One (1) 2. 190
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
lo One (1) round, brilliant green turning to Both of these sightings have heen
| cod object, size unknown, crossed to the evaluated by this headquarters as
outhwest from the northeast and was seen for | a Meteor 3Jighting.
: hree (3) seconds. Small pieces seemed to fall
: Crom the main body.
>, One (1) round, green object, the size of a
prapefruit at arm's length, features the size
: and zppearance of those on the moon, a tail
o a point, appeared to a USAF pilot for a
3 period of forty (40) seconds. The object
anneared to burn ont anddenlv.
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962388

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