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Case FileNARA NAID 29000143 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Minneapolis, MinnesotaJanuary 1963

Insufficient Data

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 January 1963. The full case file (5 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 47.

Reported location

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date of incident

January 1963

State / country

MN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
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a 25 January 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota O Probably Balloon 2
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"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i
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4 CMT 26/00287 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft #
4 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical ‘
4 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical 3
4 B3No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 4
* | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE He Oe aren G tag a £
3 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
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© [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; i
Small white object like a star observed ECHO I was over Minneapolis at
3 at 60 dgr elevation in south moving 1858 heading southeast, Object
to 45 dgr elevation in north during reported was sighted 30 minutes
4 one minute observation, Observer seemed previously heading north, ruling
i positive that object was satellite, H out satellites, Most probably an i
3 Had witnessed satellites on previous a/c sighting with a/c at extreme
occasions, Stopped watching. altitude.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000143

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