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Case FileNARA NAID 28963181 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Wadena, Minn, August 1955August 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 Wadena, Minn, August 1955 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

Wadena, Minn, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

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
| i Goi PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ol \
|. DATE of 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
| [1k 0 Wos Balloon

14 Aug 55 Wadena, Minn G Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ON

OQ Wos Aircrafe
LOU] canis sianitioiisn. I Ground-Visuval O Ground-Radar a Probably Kiverats

LL RT 40 RCT AG AN CY 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft

S. PHOTOS + SOU : XX Was Astronomical Star
Ge O Yes O Probably Astronomical :

B Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical

b 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | J | | SRE CNR YA) RO Ro
) O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
' 140 minutes 1 S esha
| 110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
. |Balloon like-flat on top and boytom, whitish [Vega at 30° elev moving toward West
| like shiny aluminum, had a V from middle of would be 80° in South about 1 hour later.
. | front to rear on bottom side, also dark row Duration toc long for balloon and motion 5.
' |around side resembling pullmand windows. .  |lagainst wind. : 1
© |Yo sound, extremely bright, moved against : :
| wind, climbed rapidly out of sight.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ;
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