PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6789805

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONFargo North Dakota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ma! O Was Balloon
7 May 1957 Fargo, North Dakota is) rohan y Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balleon |
Local _— f-o Ql. Ground- Vi sual D Ground-Radar om Busia Kiversti
out OS Z025 02 D Air- Visual O Alr-intercept Radar |2 Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0D Yes QO Probably Astronomical
ONe Civildan 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE QO Other. m3
D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
' 0 Unknown
ten minutes Ones NI to NE ms. 5.
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS

One round white object t
star at arm's length. Ob
fxom O8O dgrs azimuth to
tien minutes disappearing
“ON.

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Sighting was probably
aircraft.

flight path
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FARGO NDAK 8 826AMC (i

COMMANDER, AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER J
WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 249-2 THE FOLLOWING UFOB IS SUBMITTED:
SECTION 1: A. ROUND B. STAR C. WHITE D. ONE E.

NEGATIVE F, NEGATIVE G. EGATIVE H. NEGATIVE I.

| MOVED IN WAVERING PATH TO NORTHWEST FROM JB1553. SECTION

| 22 A. VISUAL SIGHTING B, ANGLE OF ELEVATION UNKNOWN

AZIMUTH 939 C, 315 AZIMUTH D. WAVERING PATH E.

FADED AT HORIZON F. 1 MINUTES SECTION 3: A. GROUND

| VISUAL B. 13@ POWER TELESCOPE C. N/A SECTION 4s

A. 92592 & MAY 57 B. NIGHT SECTION 53 JB 1553

SECTION 63 A. R/O

FARGO, ND STUDENT HIGH SCHOOL AGE 16 SECTION 7: Ae

LIGHT SOLID OVERCAST Be N/A Ce. 25929 D. 15 PLUS

E. SOLID F. SE JB 1553 38 MI. LIGHT THUNDERSHOWER.

SECTION 8: NEGATIVE SECTION 93 NONE SECTION 13 NEGATIVE

SECTION 14. FIELD OPERATIONS AND TRAINING OFFICER NO COMMENTS.

SECTION 12: NEGATIVE. REMARKS 1 emen
STATION AC TRAILER COURT AGE 23 COLLEGE STUDENT
COMMANDER DETACHMENT 1 4672D GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON

BOX 1873 FARGO NORTH DAKOTA
AFR 298-2 UFOB i ABCDEFGHI JB 1553 2AB

438 C 315 DEF 163AB136C N/A 4A 92587

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