Snelling AFB, St Paul, Minn., April 1956April 1956

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Summary

On April 24, 1956, military personnel at Snelling Air Force Base in St. Paul, Minnesota observed one object with a solid octangular shape and plane surfaces. The object was about the size of a quarter with binoculars and had a cigarette-end size. It remained stationary and displayed high intensity light on the bottom sides. The observation lasted five hours, beginning at 1:01 a.m. and ending at 6:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time. The object was observed through ground-visual means. Dr. Robinson concluded this sighting probably was a balloon.

Reported location

Snelling AFB, St Paul, Minn., April 1956

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 24 April 1956
2. LOCATION: Snelling AFB, ST Paul, Minn.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 25/0100 to 0600Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, X No
6. SOURCE: Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 hours
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object, solid octangular shape plane surfaces, size of quarter w/ binoculars. Size of cigarette end, with- out binoculars. Color aluminum. Remained stationary and had high intensity light on bottom sides.
11. COMMENTS: Dr. Robinson concurs that this sighting probbbly was a balloon.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Date for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965431