Project 10073 Record Card — Minneapolis, Minnesota, 25 January 1963

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype reports regarding a UFO sighting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 1963. The witness, identified as a radio announcer, reported observing a small, bright, white, star-like object moving from 60 degrees elevation in the south to 45 degrees elevation in the north over the course of one minute. The witness initially believed the object to be an Earth satellite, noting that they had observed satellites on previous occasions. However, military intelligence officers investigated the claim and compared it against the known trajectory of the ECHO I satellite, which was over Minneapolis at 1858 heading southeast. Because the reported object was heading north, the satellite theory was ruled out. The final conclusion reached by the investigating officer, F/L W. N. Morrison of NORAD, was that the sighting was most likely an aircraft operating at an extreme altitude, noting that there was heavy air traffic in the Minneapolis area at the time, making it impossible to identify a specific aircraft.