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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6963496

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONWild Rice North Dakota

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2e July 1957 Wild Rice, North Dakota 0D Probebly Balloon

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