Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Bovey, Minnesota, 15 April 1966
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A 1966 sighting report from Minnesota describes a round, flashing object observed for three hours. The military investigation concluded the object was the planet Jupiter.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on April 15, 1966, near Bovey, Minnesota. The report, filed by the HQ 29th Air Division at Duluth International Airport, describes an observation made by civilians while traveling in a moving automobile. The witnesses reported seeing a single, round, white object, described as being the size of a silver dollar. The object was observed for three hours, during which time it was seen flashing on and off. The witnesses reported that the object appeared to explode with two white flashes before moving on. The observation was made under conditions of hazy but clear skies, with an inversion layer noted at 4,000 feet. Five people were reported to have seen the object. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was that the object was very likely the planet Jupiter. Supporting data provided in the report includes wind direction and velocity, as well as the specific azimuth and elevation of Jupiter at the time of the observation.
Object was round, size of silver dollar, white in color. It seemed to explode with two white flashes then moved on.
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Official Assessment
Astro (JUPITER) very likely.
The object was identified as the planet Jupiter, which was visible at the time of the sighting at 250 degrees azimuth and 60 degrees elevation, setting at approximately 2350 hours.