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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7073985

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONRedfieldand Mc Loughlin S D

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Was Balloon

17 November 1956 Redfield & McLoughlin,S,DJ9_ Probebly Balloon
3. DATE*TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BX Possibly Balloon

Local _.__ = 0150 CST. (XK Rround- Vi suel © Ground-Reder Wos Aircraft

Probably Aircraft
GMT_Lé/U PouZ D Air Vi sual 0 Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
A eh" T - ‘

7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1. unknown
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0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

1. Object dim red to glow to Poor report but this is quite
bright red glow. Object hovered possibly a balloon,
then moved to another location,
2. Cone-shaped object, color blue,
green, Object hovered over Mound
City, South Dakota for 30 minutes

Was Astronomicol
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

6 EEE
Insufficient Date for Evaluetion
Unk nown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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FRAME 002 / 004POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

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JUMCLAS/DOL 235696

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KORPI AT STATZ POLIC2

‘AKDARD TIME. A
BY STATE POLICE OFFICER NUM
OF UAKPALA,

UNQUOTe
RADIOe Ai. iIBER $336

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3 40 5 MILES DISTANCE Wisi SQUTIH DAKOTA
WAS JUST WEST OF MCLOUSULIMN, SOUTH DAKOTA.
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FOLLOWED OBJECT UNTIL 17

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WATCHED GCeJeCT FROM 1922 UNTIL 1935: ORS TRVED AT SA
TOWNSPEOPLE OF MCLOUGHLIiiy SOUTH DAKOTAe OBJECT UAS BLUE G

AND CONE SHAPED. STATE POLICE OFFICER ee IN STATE MOBILE UNIT Lil

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TELEPHONE

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day of bnetoce Flap"! 13°
ing Object" or Objects. Seen Nov.
"Dakota Flap" started:Nov.&
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REPORTS e INFOIIATIO:u AVAILASLE.

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PORT IS subtiTtep
Oi THE NIGHT OF 47818 Nour

THE STAFF DUTY OFFICER on DUTY ,

THIS ANADQUAXTERS RECHIVED THe FOLLOWING TELEPHONE REPORTS, O13 C j
MOULTAL. STANDARD TIME = FROW XORPT AT STATE POLICE paqo STATION, P
{UCTS "AIRCRAFT SIGHTED AT ABOUT ivi FEET JUST west or ABERDEEN,
SOUTH DAKOTA, ALSO SIGHTED Fry OF REDFIELD. put exp

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