DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8673999
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1961
REPORTED LOCATIONMellette South Dakota
FRAMES4
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Probably
GROUP 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local 1845-1910 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aiscraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 29/0045z AirVisol Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OBJECTS COURSE OtherUnreliable.
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
N Unknown
50 Min. One
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ltr to Secy of Defense asking for action Witness probably saw something and ids-
against flying saucers that are shooting down torted a her impressions into above tale.
out planes and killing our sons. Two jets Duration of over one hour for the sight-
were attacked by saucers S S of her farm. Sees ings earlier in month are probably re-
them all time, usually from 7:45 pm to 8:50 fraction of astronomical bodies. Any-
pm. Tonight they were early so encounter thing this lady sees in air and cannot
with jets. After supposed attack on jets by identify is saucer Sightings include;
saucers, jets and escaped.Mar 1 Venus. Insufficient Data
Observation of preceding evening with surveyorsMar No reports of mushroom
transit. Also reprted seeing atomic blast clouds; no reports rom a/c were
(mushroom cloud) received.
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AIRCRAFT _N/A Duration too long
BALLOON _N/A Ruled out due to motion
INSUFFICIENT DATA No location speed etc giver.
OTHER RI Distortion of normal objects by observer.
REFLECTION_No INVERSION PRESENT Poss PHOTO ANALYSIS
SUN DOG LENTICULAR CLOUD PHYSICAL ANALYSIS
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Letter to Secy asking for action against flying saucers that are
shooting down our planes and killimg our "sons" Described incident where two jets
were attacked by the saucers south of her farm. sees them all the time,
usually from 7:45 PM until 8:50PM,however Conight were early so the encounter
with the jets. th ta supposed attack attack on te jets by saucer, the ,jets jets threw
in afterburner and escaped. Observation escaped. Observation on precceding evening evening was with as with surveyors
transit. Occasionally they have lights that go on and and off.She-also off. She-also reports what
appeared appeared to her to be am atomic BR atomic blast in early march tothe North of tothe North of her location.
(mshroom (mushroom cloud).
EVALUATION: CASE CATEGORY
CONCLUSION:
Witness probably y saw something and distorted her impressions into k above tale
The duration of over one hour for the sightings earlier in the month are probably
refraction of fastronomical bodies. Anything that this lady sees in the air which
she cannot readily y identify is saucer March sightings from tie Dakota's include
one on March lst of Venus, One on March nsunficient Data,WAnother on March
10 of Venus. agacim XxaX. No reports of mushroom clouds;and no reports from A/C
were received. Assuming that any A/e would r report action such as the lady described)
this case is classed as an unreliable report
FTD FORM 0-15 (TD-E2)
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