Belvidere, South DakotaDecember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 2, 1956, near Belvidere, South Dakota, a civilian witness reported seeing two round objects with a 2-foot circumference. The larger object was brilliant red. A smaller object trailed behind it. A bright light startled the observer and disappeared as if a light turned off. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes. The objects were located four miles east of a ground observation corps post. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Belvidere, South Dakota

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

SD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 December 1956
2. LOCATION: Belvidere, South Dakota
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___ GMT 03/0500Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: two
9. COURSE: not reported

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two objects round, 2 feet circumference. Color brilliant red, smaller one seemed to be trailing larger one. Bright light startled observer, disappeared as light turned off.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data for analysis.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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