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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7813729

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1960

REPORTED LOCATION15mi SWLead South Dakota

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MILITARY . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - 2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

. : Dal 0 Wes Boll
2h June, 1960 15 mi SW Lead, South L-vota S Prabehly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SC Pesnay Soren
O Was Aleroft
Locel & Ground. Vi sual D Ground-Roder Probably Alreratt
omt__2/1/09552 O Air Visual C Air-tntereept Redar |2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTO OURCE 0 Wes Astronomico! .
O Yes . 0 Probobly Astronomico!
G Ne | Military |e Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  ————— —————
@& Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
30 Minntes 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oblong object 2 1/2 times as long as width Motion must have been very slow to
observed at 5 deg overhead anil disappeared take 30 minutes to descend. Probably
over the horizon.Object was colored variable an astronomical object viewed under
red, green, orange and white. lashed with atmospheric conditions to give flashes,
brilliance, Took 30 minutes to disapnear, however position (both elevation and

azimuth) of object was not ineluded in
the report therefore no identification
of the object can be made. Case listed ak
insufficient Data,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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RJWZGU/29 AIR DIV (DEF) MALMSTROM AFB MONT

RJEDSQ/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF CAFCIN) ASH DC

RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE (SAFIS) WASH DC

UNCLASSIFIED OPS-444 ATTN: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, UFOB,
A t. OBLONG

2e SILVER ON A PENCIL ERASER, LENGTH TWO ONE HALF TIME WIDTH
3. VARIABLE=-RED, GREEN, ORANGE AND WHITE

§ VERY BRILLIANCE FLASHES

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B i. BRILLIANCE

2. 45 DEGREES FROM HORIZON STRAIGHT UP
3. UNKNOWN

4, STRAIGHT DOWN

5, OVER HORIZON

6. 38 MINUTES

C 4.GROUND VISUAL

2. BINOCULARS

3. N/A

D 1. 2429552

2. NIGHT

-E, 44 DEGREES -19 NORTH 124.99 DEGREEW WEST

F. 1/ 2c i ate, 61s WORTH AFB, SDAK

G. CLEAR

2. S-4 23,2923-232 DEGREES AT 3% KTS - 32,000 -33% DEGREES AT
6% KTS

3. NONE

4, 25 MILES.

5. SCATTERED

6. NONE

7. NONE

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