Air Intelligence Information Report — St. Paul, Minnesota, 28 July 1952

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-8-52C) dated August 9, 1952, concerning a UFO sighting in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the night of July 28, 1952. The primary witness, a civilian advertising artist, reported observing two bright, orange-white objects through a telescope. He described the objects as resembling aircraft landing lights but without a visible beam, noting they appeared to have two exhaust flames and a perpendicular tail. The objects were observed moving in an uneven pattern from the South toward the West or West-Northwest. The witness reported that the objects were silent, although he heard a faint, distant sound resembling a jet motor or diesel locomotive during the second sighting. The report also references concurrent radar activity involving the 67th AC&W Squadron and the 109th F-I Squadron, which scrambled aircraft to investigate radar contacts. The document includes a detailed observer questionnaire where the witness provides specific details about his equipment—a 6.5-inch reflector telescope—and his observations. The official assessment suggests that some of the radar-detected objects might have been meteors associated with the Delta Aquarid and Perseid showers, which were active during that period. The report contains multiple pages of raw data, including sketches of the objects' paths and shapes, as well as administrative correspondence regarding the incident.