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Pulp Magazine Cover, October 1953

· October 1953

Pulp Magazine Cover, October 1953
This is not a pulp magazine issue. The OCR text comprises official U.S. Air Force documentation from 1953, specifically a detailed UFO sighting report and investigative questionnaire form. The document records an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on October 14, 1953, near Minneapolis during a balloon-tracking operation at 2003 East Hennepin Avenue. Observers tracked an object moving at approximately 900 mph with a vapor trail, which then executed a vertical dive before leveling off. The report notes unusual features: the object's high speed, dangerous maneuver, lack of audible sound, and atypical vapor trail behavior during vertical motion. The objects' actual dimensions appeared comparable to a 79-foot balloon through theodolite observation. While observers suspected jet aircraft, several anomalies remained unexplained. The document includes a comprehensive Air Force technical information questionnaire collecting witness details and observations.

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