Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFOB Index Card — Near Saginaw, Michigan, August 1955
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A UFOB Index Card documenting a sighting of a rectangular white object near Saginaw, Michigan, on August 7, 1955. The event was attributed to a drifting weather balloon released from Minneapolis.
This document is a UFOB Index Card (AISS-UFOB-259-59) detailing a sighting that occurred on August 7, 1955, near Saginaw, Michigan. The witness reported observing a single, rectangular, white object for a duration of one hour and twelve minutes. The object was described as being the size of a baseball held at arm's length and was observed to move slightly. The observation was classified as ground-visual, with no radar contact or photographic evidence reported. The official conclusion reached on the card is that the object was 'Possibly Balloon'. The comments section provides context for this conclusion, stating that balloons are released almost daily by the University of Minnesota and General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Furthermore, a check with CONAD weather services revealed that all balloons released from Minneapolis during that period had been drifting in the general direction of Saginaw, suggesting a likely explanation for the sighting.
Balloons are released almost daily by the University of Minnesota and General Mills in Mpls, Minn.. A check with CONAD Weather at CONAD revealed that all balloons released lately at Mpls. have been drifting in the general direction of Saginaw.
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Official Assessment
Possibly Balloon
The sighting was attributed to a balloon. The report notes that balloons are released daily by the University of Minnesota and General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A check with CONAD weather confirmed that balloons released from Minneapolis had been drifting in the general direction of Saginaw.