7 Mi S of Minot, North DakotaMarch 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 2, 1961, two adult civilian women reported a strange light about seven miles south of Minot, North Dakota. They saw it around 10:15 p.m. local time while driving home from Minot. The object was round, about the size of an auto headlight at half a mile. It was bright white and alternated to bright red, roughly as strong as a 200 watt bulb. There was one object. It seemed to move up and down with no forward motion and no clear sideways movement. It stayed in view about ten minutes at a distance of one half to four miles to the northwest. The sky was mostly clear with good visibility.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the Air Force noted the up and down motion was probably caused by the moving car. The object may have been a star or planet. The card listed insufficient data for a firm conclusion.

Reported location

7 Mi S of Minot, North Dakota

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

ND / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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i “ N PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 2 Mar 61 7 mi S of Minot, North Dekota |B Bechet anileon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | O Possibly Belloon
EO ee 2 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 6 Probably Air eral
GMT 0304152 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
a Yes O Probably Astronomicel
B No | Civilian ODO Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DVI sii
: B Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 | | DO Unknown
P PREIS © 0 J 0 © A ED—. tt —— I" — Aha | Pe Cae ARTI RRR mH a ERT SCRE CTR
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round objt, size of 11. COMMENTS Apparent up and down movement
uto headlight at aprox 1 half mile distance robably due to movement of car witnesses
: rithe alternating to bright red. Very bright, [were riding in. Objt was reported to be
t low altitude. Moving up and down with no t low altitude, which varies with
forward motion noticed. No noticeable movement |obseerve. It was not observed to dis-
horizontally. ppear. Objt was possible a star or
lanet, depending on what witnesses con-
: sider low altitude. However, there is
insufficient data precluding a valid
conclusion.
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