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Case FileNARA NAID 28957180 · T1206 Roll 20

Project Blue Book Case File

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTADecember 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, MINNESOTA in December 1953. 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 20.

Reported location

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

Date of incident

December 1953

State / country

MN / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
\. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
28 Dec 53 29/0335z MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
CIVILIAN ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR (FIREBALL)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one ¥ |
5S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
ten seconds GReen with yellow band in center, obj going south at a
straight level, no sound » very bright green. Observer
bh TIVE OF Sona described appearance as fireball.
ground visual :

8. PHOTOS

0 Yes i

X Neo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes |

0 Ne

FORM 5%
FTD ser 43 0-329 (TDE) previews editions of this form may bo used,
: _— re Bid = IN Te TE 0 I EP Le TY
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957180

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MINNEAPOLISMINNEAPOLIS, MNMINNESOTA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19531953-12-01

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