Dickinson, N. Dakota, June 1962June 1962

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Dickinson, N. Dakota, June 1962 in June 1962. The full case file (6 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 45.

Reported location

Dickinson, N. Dakota, June 1962

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Lo A UY RELI ; a RE 0 Was Balioon i
) une 1LYOor pviciinson, He Dakota (m} Prabably Balloon
BE ——— ) 5 51 pon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Peale © day
Lacal Yl ev) oe I Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raedar 5 Ba Aah |
Y/R A fis
GMT. ZL Dad 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar 5 Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHCTOS 8. SOURCE 3 ETE FRRTIGR, |B Was Astronarmical |
3 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
& No svilian 00 Possibly Astronomical! |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~ |B Other__Probably Venus |
: 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
5 Ve - 0 Unknown
é Hn 7 5 29) i: |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING UbJL deseribed ac 1. COMMENTSOh3t viewed by witness ws i
triangular, Size of pea. Colored red and robably planet Venus 0 Venus
white, Was observed through zo 6 power ras in 2d {rection coidetident with +ha
ririec telescope by a witness in Dickinson, reported for UFC. Planet was of -3.4
N.D. GCpjt was viewed generally in 9. regnitude at time of sighting. Time
76 RS Se EPR Nag 33 So SR ) 3 = = FE a
SE en to revolve and have dissppeared phat planet set and sighting ended are
over horizon. Wx at time of sighting was flso sane.
2lear and vis unlimited.
he eae m——— a pn ——
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997694

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-06-01