USAF record 28962928 (1955)

STAMP: 23 July 1955 AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UF0B-212-55

1. DATE 23 July 1955

2. LOCATION St. Cloud, Minnesota

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 23/2110 CST Jul 55 GMT: 24/0310Z Jul 55

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW:] Ground-Radar [ILLEGIBLE] Air-Visual [ILLEGIBLE] Air-Intercept Radar [ILLEGIBLE]

5. PHOTOS [HW:] Yes [HW:] No

6. SOURCE Civilian (Prisoner)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Seven to eight minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One (1)

9. COURSE West

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One (1), round, red object, the size of a nickel (thru binoculars???), was seen to travel west at a slow rate of speed.

11. COMMENTS Since this object crossed a major portion of the sky, in a straight course, in a period of seven to eight minutes, it is highly suggestive of aircraft. A check with the flight schedule of Northwest Orient Airlines indicates that Northwest Orient Airlines flight left Minneapolis for Fargo, N.D., at 20:00 CST on 23 Jul 55, twenty minutes before the sighting occurred. St Cloud is on the flight path from Minneapolis to Fargo and is approx. 50 miles from Minneapolis. PROBABLY AIRCRAFT.

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