Waterville, MinnesotaJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 15, 1954, in Waterville, Minnesota, a UFO was sighted flying south at low altitude. The object was 12 inches in diameter and orange in color. It appeared to be a cluster of lights. The sighting lasted 3 minutes. The object had no sound and moved from low altitude to high altitude in a vertical line before disappearing. The sighting was ground-visual observation by civilian members of the Civil Defense Corps. One KC-97 aircraft was 12 miles south of the sighting at approximately the same time. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Waterville, Minnesota

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

MN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 15 July 1954

2. LOCATION: Waterville, Minnesota

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local _____ GMT 15/06392

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: [ ] Yes [X] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian (CCC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: S

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: UFO flying south at low alt. 12" in diameter, at higher altitude took on orange color and appearance of a cluster of lights. No sound. Went from low altitude to high altitude.

11. COMMENTS: M/O. KC-97 reported in the area same time.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [ ] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon [X] Possibly Balloon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Probably Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical [ ] Other, _____ [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959007