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Case FileNARA NAID 28979513 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

5 Mi E Of Minot, North DakotaAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 5 Mi E Of Minot, North Dakota in August 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 33.

Reported location

5 Mi E Of Minot, North Dakota

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

ND / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
ToATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS !
) 0 Woes Balloon EE
18 August 1958 5S Mi E of Minot, North Dak 8 a Probably Balloon
3 OATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Belloon E.
Local * BR Was Aircraft
Sr ow geet fh jw TW Pd 3 Probably Aircraft :
wr. _19/0338Z2 (o] Rin th aust o Rin intercept Rodar |DO Possibly Aircraft
1+ MOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QO Yes O Probably Astronomicol
pa R No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
' LENGTH Or OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I ——
: O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
10 0 Unknown :
+L mins one SSE Er
3RIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS :
wid, white & glowing obj, size Possibly SAC bombers in refuel- }
! silver dollar, had orange glow ing pattern, which were in area
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