PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8864123

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1958

REPORTED LOCATION5Mi EOf Minot North Dakota

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o o Was Balloon
1S August 1958 1s August 1958 5 Mi E of Minot, North DakoaProbably Belloon
3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local- Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Ground-Rader xa Was Aircraft
16 X Binoculars 16 X Binoculars Probably Aircraft
GUT_ GUT 19/0338Z AinVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
1 1 PHOTOS PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 000 Probably Astronomical
n No No Civilian Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH or OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE COURSE o Other_ Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10 mins one SSE
3RIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
..d, white & glowing obj, size Possibly SAC bombers in refuel-
: silver dollar, had orange glow ing pattern, which were in area
at the time.
:iight gradually to SSE.
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J5 FLIGHT OF B-47 & J5 FLIGHT OF B-47 & KN-S7 IN REFUELI.G PATTERN
K. SR.DIRECTCR ADDC, ETRCNGLY K. SR.DIRECTCR ADDC, ST USPECTS OBSERVERS EIGHTED
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&TIME OF UFO REPCRT CORREAPCHD ENACTLY. & TIME OF UFO REPCRT CORREAPCHD ENACTLY.
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