PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7227650

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSof Bismark North Dakota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

ls DATE 2. LOCATION

124 CONCLUSIONS
[XxXWes Balloon

Ne tobe S of Bismark, North Dakota 0 Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

O Air Vi wel

TelUl-7

Civilian - GOC

4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
O Ground-Redar
O Air-intercept Radar

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20 minutes ‘ one South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

A pencil shaped object the size of
a basketball, red, was sighted mov-
ing fast and climbing slowly. |

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 572)

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11. COMMENTS

Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomical
Probebly Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

Other.

Insufficient Dete for Evaluction
Unknown

The Bismark AWS launched a
balloon at 0000Z, which was,

no doubt,

the object sighted.

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C SANE AS ABOVE

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MOVING FAST, CLIMBING SLOWLY.

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10. NONE C
41. 1/LT., DIREZTOR ON DUTY AT TIME OF REPORT. THIS OBJECT SIGHTED BY
_ TWO PEOPLZ, THE LADY BEING ON DUTY AS A GOC OBSERVER. THEY ESTIMATED . |
THE ongécT To BE(14 FEET THICK AI PHARCK Al C
AUNCHED A WEATHER BALLOON)(STANDARD SIZE) AT APPROXIMATELYO0002)
WHICH MIGHT CONCIEVABLY ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING.
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