DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9669476
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1947
REPORTED LOCATIONRapid City AFB Weaver S D
FRAMES5

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2 PT Incident #135
ATIC NO. 1947
AP NO . YoeATton Rapid City AFB, Heaver
RETONT 1O.
DATE OF RPORT e .
Entirated
Meuntred
10,000' to luthv.tr..
plus EST. ALTITUDE
COURCRY From Nl to SW LENGTH OF
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ports not otherwise explainable
stimuli rosult ohiefly froc ability to estimate speed, distarco,ei
sige.
Al1 ere treated in detail in She
roport. These iroidonts forn no pattern in regard to area of dttniss
type of object, or nannor of port'ormance. There aro indicasions..l
over, that
bosn no gublicity.
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Projuot Gruds
Srmy of Ao Du Alnatton ql Readairg Roporto
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ould not hive boen mdo had the wltnesson not road of tho l't. Riniur
Inoidont (iioldont tio. 17). Kost vore distributod vithout pattem
Moronghout the Vnited States. A fow were outsire the ll. S. Ho bio
iseriptions of Mpponronce or perforrunce nore exactly alike. The're-
vted sighbiags ocourred nt various tlaes of day and vear.
In the followdng seation of this roport, each remaining wnaxpldnod
neident is considored separatelys It is not the intent to gonerall; tl sail
cunnot be disregarded. The numurical dosignation is merely the categanienl
rador of the inoidunt in we projoot files.
1722,3537,455633,6871757679
TLL, 1222 134135, 151, 152, 254, 162, 163, 176, 183, 186, 193, 207, 215, 05.
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I detached lauroral streamers,
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220. 230, 240.
2 Non-astrononio
a Balloons or ordinary airoraft:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42, 53, 54, 73, 81, 83, 91, 92, 113, 114, 115,
126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 188, 190, 194, 195, 196, 193,.
200, 201, 209, 210, 217, 222, 235, 237, 239,
b. Rookets, flares or falling bodies:
16.
108, 10