8 Mi E Of Rapid City, S. D., May 1959May 1959

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Summary

On a night in 1959, about 8 miles east of Rapid City, an observer reported an object in the sky. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The object was white and oval or elliptical in shape. The observer estimated it was at about 5,000 feet altitude and about 2 and a half miles away, due south of his position.

The record card noted the description was characteristic of a known cause, though the exact wording in the comments is unclear in the record.

Reported location

8 Mi E Of Rapid City, S. D., May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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; | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE a (2. LOCATION : 112. CONCLUSIONS :
0 Was Balloon
{Tne it Ngan . a) d deur 2h (J. Probably Belloon
| 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION geo easy Balloon
! J Wi 0 Was Aircroft
Local GAT ReRy i Sr OO Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft”
% AED . Paeeal H
(VE PER =. 0A ) PANS Neg | 0 Air-Visucl OD Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE !0 Was Astronomical
| 0 Yes |o Probably Astronomical
{ a (asain primis 0 Passibly Astronomical
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: 7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE Oo Other i
| O Insufficiant Data for Evaluation
i Ab : : ; 0 Unknown
10. DRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 3 11. COMMENTS
: hite., oval or ellipti Jolie ize of ) ripbion 15 haracteristic f a
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983312