Woodstock, MinnesotaDecember 1956

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Summary

On December 10, 1956, a farmer near Woodstock, Minnesota, reported one object in the night sky. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was shaped like a half sphere with a flat side on top and looked larger than a baseball at arm's length.

The object was fire red and orange. It sat low in the west, then tipped and moved slowly toward the northwest. The witness watched it for about ten minutes. There was no sound. The reporting officer noted the object was at about 15 degrees elevation in the west.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical and most likely the planet Mars. The card said the red and orange color matched that planet, which was setting toward the northwest at the time. The local commander said he could not give an honest opinion of what it was.

Reported location

Woodstock, Minnesota

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

MN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Rg: 9b H 1 0 ae ballon.
3 i ecember 1956 Woodstock, Minnesota | Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 pasaitly Solicen
(50 cal Camis BRR a eh XNXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 LAN IRE
: GMT 10/05507Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE XX Was Astronomical Mars
4 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 Prob: IN Civi lian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EB) Ot hey iluti sie dbitod nue lui]
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: / 0O Unknown
10 minutes one NW __
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
y One object shape of half sphere w/ Mars at about 15 dgr elevation i
flat side on top, larger than a West, Moving toward NW and setting
1 baseball, Color fire red and orange. | Color of red & orange associated
4 Obj tipped before it moved northwest | with this planet,
slowly,
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) igh] 3
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