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UFO Index Card AISS-UFOB-242-55

📅 23 July 1955 📍 St. Cloud, Minnesota 📄 UFO Index Card
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TL;DR

A sighting report from 1955 regarding a round, red object observed in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The investigation concluded the object was likely a commercial aircraft based on flight path data.

This document is a UFO Index Card (AISS-UFOB-242-55) detailing a sighting that occurred on July 23, 1955, in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The witness, identified as a civilian prisoner, reported observing a single, round, red object, which they estimated to be the size of a nickel. The object was seen traveling west at a slow rate of speed for a duration of seven to eight minutes. The report notes the use of binoculars, though the text includes a parenthetical question mark regarding this detail. In the evaluation section, the investigator concludes that the sighting is 'probably aircraft.' This conclusion is supported by a check with local airline offices, which confirmed that a Northwestern flight departed Minneapolis for Fargo, North Dakota, at 2050 CST, approximately twenty minutes before the sighting occurred. The report highlights that St. Cloud is situated on the flight path between Minneapolis and Fargo, which is approximately 50 miles from Minneapolis. The document is formatted on an AISOP Form 5, dated October 15, 1954.

One (1), round, red object, the size of a nickel (thru binoculars????), was seen to travel west at a slow rate of speed.

Official Assessment

PROBABLY AIRCRAFT

The object was observed for seven to eight minutes traveling in a straight course. A check with airline offices indicated a Northwestern flight departed Minneapolis for Fargo, N.D., twenty minutes prior to the sighting. St. Cloud lies on the flight path between these two cities.

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