U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident # 162 1. Date 11 Aug 48 2. Time 1200 and 1215 hours CST 3. Location Hamel, Minnesota 4. Name of observer Jerome Leuer (age 10 and Benne Leuer (age 8) 5. Occupation of observer children 6. Address of observer R/R 1 Hamel, Minnesota 7. Place of observation As above - back yard 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer a matter of a few feet 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude rested on ground - 12. Speed N/S 13. Direction of flight After resting on ground it ascended to a height of 30 feet and shot off in a northeasterly direction 14. Tactics spun once, made whistling noise, shot straight up 20 ft, halted and again made whistling noise. Maneuvered around tree branches & tele wires. 15. Sound whistling noise - like steam whistle 16. Size 1 ft thick - 2 feet wide 17. Color dull gray 18. Shape round 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction metallic 21. Exhaust trails N/S 22. Weather conditions N/S 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance into northeast 26. Remarks: (over) CONFIDENTIAL 104