PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8227362

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONFargoand Grand Forks North Dakota

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Multiple ORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
9 Sep 60 Fargo & Grand Forks, North Dekota Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. TYPE OF OBSERYATION Possibiy Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor Was Ancraft
000 Probably Aireralt
GMT 10/0150Z AinVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yos 0D Probably Astronomical Meteor
No Civilian and i Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
00 Insufficient Date fo valuation
2-3 seo one INE descending Unknown
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright green-white object, size of dime, oval of dime, oval This object was seen by a I This object ; was seen by a large number large number
shape. shape. Cbject Object was also sighted by numerous was also sighted by nummerous of people, both on the ground and in the of people, both on the ground and in the
leivile eivil a/c. Object was descending rapidly. was descending rapidly. air. This faet would air. This fact would siggest sizgest that the that the
object was at great heizht object was at great heizht and very larg
The deseription is characteristic of a
meteor.
ATIC POR 25 SEP 52) 25 SEP 52)
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5. N/A 6. NONE 7. NONE 8. NONE 9. NONE
PARA. B. 1. BRIGHTNESS S ACAINST IARK SYY. 2. 15 LECEEES ABOVE
C
HORIZON AT AZIMUTH 80 LEGREES. 3. BELOW HORIZON AT 7O DECREES.
4 HEATING 90 DECREES LESCENIING C RAPIDLY. 5. IROPPET BELOW C
HORIZON. 6. TWO TO THREE SECONIS.
C
C
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PARA. C. 1. GHOUND VISUAL. 2. 1 NONE. 3. SAME SIGHTING BY
NUMEROUS S CIVIL AIRCRAFT.
PARA. D. 1. 10/C15EZ 2. NIGHT.
PARA. E. 1. 4755N 970W GRAND PARA. E. 1. 4755N 9702W GRAND FORKS N.D.
2.4654N 9649W, FARG0, N. D. 24654N 9649W, FARG0, N.D.
PARA. F. 1. CIVILIAN:. PARA. F. 1. CIVILIAN:. L AGE 40, CS/T FAA, HECTOR AGE 40, CS/T FAA, HECTOR
AIRPORT, F AIRPORT, , N.D. TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, EXCELLENT RELIABILITY. N.D. TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, EXCE ENT RELIABILITY.
2. 2. T/SCT, GRAND FORKS NSE SCETOR, INTEL
OPS TECH, EXCELLENT RELIABILITY. OPS TE LIABILITY.
PARA. G. 1. CLEAR. 2. SURFACE:. 280 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS. PARA. G. i.
6,000 FT: 290 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS; S AT
30 KNOTS; 16,00B FT: 300 DEGREES AT 35 FNOTS; 20,000: 300
DEGREES AT 300 KNOTS; 30,080 FT: 280 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS; 0 0
50,000 FT; 300 DEGREES AT 35 KNOTS.
PARA- G. (CONT'ED . NONE. 4. UNRESTRICTEL. 5. NONE
6. NONE. 7. 63 LECREES ANI DROPPING DEGREES PER HOUR.
PARA. H. NONE
PARA. I. NONE

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CECSRE242ZCAFA093 CICSAE2-2ZCAFA093 RECEVED RECENED
PP RJELSQ 1115 1115
ME 125:-09
RJEDAF a
P1010002 1010002 ATIC 2559 13 2507 1 13 42 42
FM F4 GRAND FORKS ADS GRAND FORKS S ADS GRAND FORKS AFB NDAK GRAND FORKS AFB NDAK .
0 RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
JEISA/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB A73 OHIO →
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JEZHO/HO USAF WASH D C fx .
JEZHO/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASH D C
JEZDK/PROJECT SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM BEDFORD MASS .
JEISA/COSMATIC WRIGHT ERSON OHIO
JNZGU/ROTH AD SAGE
NCLASS GFOEC 423. ATTN AFCIN-1-B-1 HQ USAF SAFIS SECRETARY OF .
TE AIR FORCE AFBIC-4A WRIGHT 2 MALYSTROM

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PARA. . CAPT. CHARLES L. BURCH, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, GRAND
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FORKS ADS, GRAND FORKS AFB, N.D. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THIS
BSERVATION INDICATES THE SIGHTING WAS PROBABLY AN UNUSUALLY LARGE .
"ETEORITE OR SIMILAR ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMEN, HOWEVER, THE POSSIBILITY
EXISTS THAT THE SIGHTED OBJECT MAY SUBSEQUENTLY BE IDENTIFIED AS A .
MOON DUST SIGHTING. IN ADDITION TO THE OBSERVERS NOTED IN THIS
EPORT, NUMEROUS UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS ALLEGED TO HAVE SEEN THIS •.
GBJECT FROM THE G GROUND. VARIOUS CIVIL AIRCRAFT LANDING AT HACTOR
IRPORT, FARGO, N.D., REPORTED SEEING THIS OBJECT AT VARIOUS POINTS • .
S MUCH AS 153 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH FROM FARGO, N.D. INCOMPLETE 5 MUCH AS 153 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH FROM FARGO, N.D. INCOMPLETE
INFORMATION ALSO INDICATES THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED AT MUNICIPAL INFORMATION ALSO INDICATES THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED AT MUNICIPAL . •
AIRPORT, DULUTH, MINN. AND BY THE US COAST GUARD OFF THE IRPORT, DULUTH, MINN. AND BY THE US COAST GUARD OFF THE .
SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR• ALL THESE SOURCES, AS FAR AS OUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR• ALL THESE SOURCES, AS FAR AS ..
"AN BE LETERMINED, AGREE IN TIME AND GENERAL AN BE LETERMINED, AGREE IN TIME AND GENERAL I I THE THE
TAO OBSERVERS IDEI IN THIS REPORT, ...
PARA• NONE.
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