Montevideo, MinnesotaNovember 1962

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Summary

On November 20, 1962, at about 0620Z (Greenwich time), in the early morning, a civilian in Montevideo, Minnesota, reported an object in the sky. The witness saw it from a bedroom window. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was circular and luminous and crossed out of view in just a few seconds. It had no tail or trail. It was at about 30 degrees elevation in the northwest, moving west in level flight, with no sound. The witness said it was brighter than a full moon on a clear night. There was a single object. The witness also wrote a letter, and the Air Force sent a follow up form to gather more detail.

The Air Force concluded the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Montevideo, Minnesota

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

MN / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

r O Wos Balloon |
E 20 November 1962 Montevideo, Minnesota O Probably Balloon
a ee ee ee eB Possibly Balloon |
|| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP pe TYPE OF OBSERVATION
- Uaeala iii onde eniiii i Ji e XIX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar 8 Ups Raol (R |
GMT 20/ 06207 O Air Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
.  |'s. PHOTOS ester er ERE BOURGES: “ror BX Was Astronomical Meteor
FE O Yes O Probably Astronomical

4 XX No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical |
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cokin] {1 Pe ll TGR IR
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

E O Unknown i
. few one 1 West
" |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 Circular luminous obj observed fm Meteor sighting.

: bedroom to cross fm view in just a

: few seconds. No tail or trail, At

: about 30 dgr elevation in Northwest
moving in level flight. No sound.

: Brighter than full moon on clear night

; Moving west,

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999811