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Case FileNARA NAID 28987959 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Moose Lake, MinnesotaJuly 1960

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 Moose Lake, Minnesota in July 1960. The full case file (4 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 39.

Reported location

Moose Lake, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
i 1. DATE ZAG 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 a DO Wes Belloon
] 26 Jus 60 Moose Lake, Minnesota O Probably Bolloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
4 RERENE TS OX Ground- Vi svel O Ground-Reoder QO Woes Aieraft
Binoculars QO Probably Aircraft
i a ——————— 0 AinrVisvel oO AireIntercep? Rader 0 Possibly Aireroft
£ 5. PHOTOS ’ Was Astronomical Capella
X 0 Yes ~ O Probably Astronomico
b a Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE EE" S—
b. O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
i all nign* one up and down |O Unknown
~  |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i ph gevin red, green ani white bright light, size | The University of Minnesota reported
4 > basketbal.. ad ur ani iovn bouniing motion.| receiving numerous calls about a blinking
Jed sVary evening ani Cl.appeared at dayligat.| object in the same iocation ani identifi
; it as the star Capella.
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