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Case FileNARA NAID 28963176 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

St Paul, MinnesotaAugust 1955

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 St Paul, Minnesota in August 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

St Paul, Minnesota

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; O Wes Bolloon
| LL Aug 55 St Paul, Minnesota oO Probably Balloon
"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
: O Was Aircroft :
E- ee BD Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT 0 Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
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5. PHOTOS : | 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical i
| 1 : O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: No civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE CS Re
* |5> - 10 seconds 1 EX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF sicHTING EE 11. COMMENTS ;
' |Scherical shape. Orange to red orange, traveled Insuficient data for evaluetion.
i |straight path at even speed, pessed through
' |45 deg arc.
a ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
| AER RS BRS a SH A a Re Sei ai vi
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963176

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