PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8723905

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONSouth Dakota

FRAMES4

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1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
16 February 65 17/0300Z South Dakota
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civil Airlines
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Description of object conforms with Fireball
observation. No
One, Two decay for this date.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS
4 - 5 Seconds Brilliant blue white light with two paralell trails. Light
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of suffigient strength to light up cockpit with bluish
color. Observation of object descending. Two civil air-
Air-Visual lines, United and American reported object, with both over
7. COURSE 7. COURSE South Dakota at the time of the report. stsoe ae bne oims er oe Ipor c.
Descending
8. PHOTOS
a Yes D Yos
XEX No
. PHYSIC. . PHYSICA DENCE
Y.s
XNo
FORM
FTDSEP 63 0-329 (TDE) FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prerious didens
.
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INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE MeleaR UNCLASSIFIED C
MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
16 FtB
AF IN : 2803 (17 pg l of 3
ACTION: NIN-7 No DeCAY 16FEB
INFO XOP-I, -7, SAFOS-3, DIA-1 (20)
CYS
SMB C083 ZCHQB827ZCYJX647
TO OS OSA
PP RUEAHQ OSP
DE RUCDAH 11 17/0525Z US RR O O0 O O O0 00 OO
IL TLA
ZNR ILP
P 170510Z ILS ILT
FM CMDR 30ADIV TRUAX FLD WIS TRUAX FLD WIS FM RD
MP MP MPP
TO RUWGALE/ADC MPR MPR AA
AA AAA AAA
RUEAHQ/HQS USAF AAR
RUCD SQ/AFLC GC OI
LL 00 O O
RUEAHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON D C SS DSMG DSMG
BT
UNCLAS 300IN 11528 FEB 65. ADC FOR ADOIN, USAF FOR AFNIN, AFSC FOR
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, SE RCE FOR SAFOI
UFO REPORT_ AS FOLLOWS:
A.DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT:
(1) UNK
(2) UNK
)BRILLIANT T BLUE WHITE LIGHT
MI
(4) ONE
(5) UNK

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INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE UNCLASSIFIED
MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
AF IN 2803 (17 Feb 6 5) pg 2of3
NONE
PAGE 2 RUCOAH 11 U UNCLAS
(7) TWO PARALLEL TAILS
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
( tHE ENT IRE COCKPIT WAS LIT UP WITH A BLUISH COLOR
(2) TWO OCLOCK FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON
(3)ONE OCLOCK FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE (3) ONE OCLOCK FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON
()DE SCENDING )DESCENDING TWENTY-FIVE to thirty THIRTY DEGREES.
(5) UNK
(FOUR TO FIVE SECONDS (6) FOUR TO FIVE SECONDS
C MANNER OF OBSERVATION: C MANNER OBSERVATION:
(1) N/A O O DO  OO
(2) N/A
(3) DC-8 UNITED
MAGNET IC 485 K TAS 405 K GS HOME STATION NEW YORK
BOEING 720 AMERICAN FLIGHT JET 34 HEADING 270 DEGREES !
MAGNETIC 490 K TAS 440 K GS HOME STATION NEW YORK
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
(117/0309Z
(2) NIGHT

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INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE UNCLASSIFIED
MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
AF IN 2803 (17 pg 3 of3
E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: UNITED 157 NM EAST OF RAPID CITY
SOUTH DAKOTA, AMERICAN 15 NM DAKOTA
PAGE 3 RUCDAH 11
F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS:
(UNITED YORK
G WEATHER AND WINDS - ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF G WEATHER AND WINDS - ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF
SIGHTINGS: CEILING AND VISIBILITY UNLImITED SIGHT INGS: CEiLING AND UNL IMITED
HUNK
I NONE
J. UNK
K. N/A KN/A OJ O OO OO
L. NONE
BT
S- 51502
NNN
/
N
NOTE: ADV CY TO IN IAND DIA
O O O