St. Cloud, MinnesotaJuly 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 23, 1955, at 9:10 p.m. local time in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a civilian reported one round, red object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a nickel, possibly seen through binoculars. It traveled west at a slow rate of speed. The sighting lasted about seven to eight minutes.

The Air Force noted the object crossed a major part of the sky in a straight course. A check found that an airline flight had left Minneapolis for Fargo, North Dakota about twenty minutes before the sighting. St. Cloud lies on that flight path. Officials concluded the sighting was probably aircraft.

Reported location

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

MN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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Le eR UFOB INDEX CARD ,165_ (FOB-712.55
1. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSpNS
| A 195¢ s Cloud a hdr ag A
25 | te. Cloud, Minnesota dr Ah hl
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BL a |
Local _23/2110 CST Jul 5 X Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador BN Probably Aircraft
i GMT 2l/03107 Jul 55 O Air Visual OQ Air-Intercept Radar G Possibly Aircraft |
lI 8 5S. PHOTOS « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
yy O Yes | O Probably Astronomical
3 XB No : Civilian (Prisoner O Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TE OH iia ios |
: : : .|O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
b : 10 Unknown
a Seven to eight minutes One (1) Viest
gr 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
gy : : Since this object crossed a major portio
One (1), round, red object, the size of a of the sky, in a straight course, in a |
i nickel (thru binoculars????), was seen to period of seven to eight minutes, it is
| travel west at a slow rate of speed, highly suggestive of aircraft. A check |
4 with the local airline offices in Coloradp |
. Springs indicates that a 'ORTHWESTERYM |
; flight left Minneapolis for Fargo, N.D.
at 2050CST on 23 Jul 55, twenty minutes |
: 3 before the sighting occured, St Cloud
& is on the flight path from Minneapolis
Fo to Fargo and is approx. 50 miles from |
| : Minneapolis, PROBABLY AIRCRAFT, |
| AISOP Form § (15 Oct 54) i
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