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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 10 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION Ada, Minnesota | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 0415 CST GMT 10/10/52 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Minnesota Highway Patrol Officer and civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical RETURN  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one/
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SOUTH

WHEN PARTED
SAME COLOR
FORMATION

ABOUT
IN CENT

MORE SPARKS THAN EVER

SAME COLOR
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# JORTH DAKOTA

|  DATE | TIME | HOUR | HOUR | HOUR  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00  |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00  |

## MORNING

|  DATE | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00  |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00  |

## EVENING

|  DATE | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00  |
|  10-10-40 | 10:00 | 10:
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Detroit Lakes Mine.
Apr. 10th. 1952

Dear Chief

SUBJECT: PERSONAL INCIDENT

This date as I sat in Patrol car along with Mr. [redacted] of Frazee, our civilian helper I see an object in the skies which I describe as follows, Mr. [redacted] see it too as I called it to his attention.

It was no falling star as we know them as it went in a horizontal line, level, It started out as a circle, then became oval, then part of it left the main body, during all this time the object as a whole was on a level plane, all parts were of the same brightness at all times and all went out of sight at about the
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Detroit Lakes, Minn.
April 14th, 1952

Chief
1279 University Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.

Re: Memo from

I believe that you have received a memo from Officer regarding an object seen by him and his helper on April 10th.

I talked to Officer about this before he sent in the memo and instructed him to send it in as it was an unusual condition. Then I noticed a piece in the Minneapolis Star on April 11th regarding different objects.

I believe that this incident should be reported to the Air Force as they are interested in these conditions and have a group assigned to such work with a laboratory which I
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AF FORM 112---PART II
APPROVED 1 June 1948
(Classification)

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
UNCLASSIFIED

|  From (Agency) | Report No. | Page 1 of 1 Pages  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  CG, 31st Air Div. Ft. Snelling, Minn. | 3-52 |   |

Officer C and Mr of the Minnesota State Highway
Patrol sighted a strange flying object on the 10th of April 1952. The details
are reported below.

DESCRIPTION IN OBSERVER'S OWN MORE: "It was no falling star as we know them as
it went in a horizontal line, level, It started out as a circle, then became oval,
then part of it left the main body, during all this 
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AF FORM 112—PART I
approved 1 June 1948
(Classification)
UNCLASSIFIED

|  Country | United States | Report No. | 3-52  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  (Leave Blank) | (Place in top right corner)  |   |   |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
Poorly

## Subject
Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object

## Area Reported On Near town of Ada in Northwestern, Minn.
From (Agency) CG, 31st A Div. Ft. Snelling, Minn.

|  Date of Report | 6 May 1952 | Date of Information | 10 April 1952  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Evaluation | F-6 |   | Evacuation  |

Prepared by (Officer)
WILLIAM R. HILEY 2nd Lt. 

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