Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Alexandria, Minnesota, 20 May 1955
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian reported an unknown substance in a Minnesota farm field in 1955. The Air Technical Intelligence Center analyzed the material and identified it as partially burned hard coal.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding an incident in Alexandria, Minnesota, on May 20, 1955. A civilian reported finding an unknown substance in a farm field the day after it had been freshly plowed. The quantity of the material recovered totaled approximately one-half bushel. The 31st Air Division (Defense) forwarded the sample to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. The ATIC evaluation concluded that the material was simply hard coal that had been partially burned. The physical specimen was subsequently cataloged and stored, with references to it appearing in the evidence files under the number 7-3745-433 and later as artifact 341-2-466, located in the artifact room.
Hard coal which was partially burned. Evidence located in "evidence" file. Specimen in File.
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Official Assessment
Hard coal which was partially burned.
The object was identified as hard coal that had been partially burned. The material was recovered from a farm field in Alexandria, Minnesota, after the field had been freshly plowed.