Secornerofminnesota — April 1956

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Keywords: negative, stratus, atronomicat, gneea, s74th, raikecw, ahrad, slsvatic, slglit, icbserv, lacrcs, 4l6th, edorite, trales, ankatc, dztails, rraticly, cpject, aeovz, mikutes, v1ing, poulbly, changing, erraticall, mentione
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Woa Balloon SE corner of Minnesota Probably Balloon Ponlbly Balloon DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vlaual 0 GroundRodor 0 Wat Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft X10 Alr-VIaual 0 Alrlntercept Raclor 0 Poulbly Aircraft 6. SOURCE 0 Woa Atronomicat(S tar /pl fl.net Probably Astronomical Military ( AF Pi lot) Poulbly Astro,.omlcol 7. LENGTH Of' OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS forty minutes one 0 lnaufflclent Oato for Evoluotlon erratic in W Un\c~own . 10. BRII!JI SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One point of light, smaller than the head of a pin held at arm~ length, appeared to be colors of rainbow, changing. The object moved erraticall,r from side to side. Faded from sight after forty minutes. No pickup on ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 IEP 52) The duration of the sighting, the changing of colors,iand the position~of Venus or Capella~ as compared with the positions of the UFOB, are suggestive that this sighting was possibly gneea~ ted by one of the above mentione~ heav~nly bodies. Fact that obj could oot be picked up on radar substantiates this conclusion.- WPF 105 Yt:B~ZS SNGA!':-26 ?P RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHO DE RJEDNG 1D F~ COMDR S74TH ACW SO OSCEOLA WIS TC RJEDZN/CCt<DR ADC ENT AFE CCLO HJ:D\vP/COIlDR AIR TACTICAL INTE.LLIGENCZ CEt~TE:R HR!GHT-PATTE.RSON AFE RJEPHQ/CC~:DR DIR I NTEL HQ US.O.F HASH D. C. /UNCLAS/574-1S- D-t~1/UFOP PD FOR DI R Il':TS L PD THE FOL I~ SUF.ll IN ACCORDANC~ WITH AFR 200-2 PD SHAPE: POINT OF LIGHT St:ALL'Sfi THAN A PINHEAD. ~OLOR ALL CCLC?.~ OF RAIKECW t-:ul":EER CNE F . FEATURES CR DZTAILS: MOV!:D i:RRATICLY FRCt~ SIDE TO SIDE. G. TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST: NEGATIVE PAGE TWO RJED~G lD I, CTHER l t\FCRt.P.TION: NEGATIVE ' DE~CRIPTICN CF COURSE OF OFJECT A. ~HAT FIRST CALLED ATTENTION TO CPJECT: 11' BA~ AHrAD OF HI~ A~D F., ANGLE Cf SLSVATIC~l: AEOVZ Hll'. C, ANGLE CF ELEVATION AT DISAPPF.RANCE: AECVE Hit~ D. FLIGHT PATH: WEST. E. l~ANNR CF DISAPPEARANCE: FADED F. LENGHT CF TI~E I N SlGliT 40 MIKUTES 3, t':ANNER OF ICBSERV AT! ON: A. AIR VISUAL B. OPTICAL AIDS: NEGATIVE rr, t.JE: STj DATE OF SIGHTING. 5. LOCATICN OF Of.SERVER: HALF ~JAY EF.T~JEEN LACRCS~2 \tJI~ AND ROCHESTER . IDENTIFYI~G I~FCRl~ATION OF OBSERVER: PAGE THREE RJED~G 1D P. ~:ILITARY: HANSON, ROEERT F.j MAJ; 4l6TH FIGHTER EC~if..ER v1ING; CC :A~DING OFFICER. 7. WEATHER AtlD WINDS ALOFT: > A. A HAZ~ UP TC 25,0;:0 FT;; TJii~l STRATUS AT 35,r FT C. STRATUS 35,~r0 FT D. G CCD E. NEGATIVE F. NEGATIVE 8 . HE SAH A V.EDORITE AT (?3352. HE HAS 2 0 T O 30 traLES NORTH WSST OF t:ANKATC. S. NEGATIVE: 1.:. NEGATIVE