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Case FileNARA NAID 28990434 · T1206 Roll 41

Project Blue Book Case File

Virginia, MinnesotaDecember 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Virginia, Minnesota in December 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 41.

Reported location

Virginia, Minnesota

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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10 re 00 virginia, IeS0va 5 Probably Balloon
RET ee Re SURE (a + Ty ETP 7 Se mY (eae hE ssibly Bali
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION I THN Wa
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FL SSL SR R— U0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rador D  VWos Aiicroft
0 Probably Aireralt
GT. A 02007 BR ER 0 AirVisual 0 Air-lntarcapt Radar G Possibly Aircraft
5 YroTos |» SOURCE tE Was Astronomical Vega
Q Yes i di hE DD Probably Astronomical
ro ! Clvillon (J Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF C352_VATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CERT RRR LL FS ey
pe Sl 0 inaufficient Dota for Evaluation
2" win one stationary [3 Unknown
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10, BRIER SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, size of tennis ball, white to red. The position of Vega corresponds to that
5000 ft higa in the NW. Faded out rapidly. glven for the object by the witness. The
lack of motion and duration of the sighting
tend to substantiate this conclusion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28990434

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