Fargo, North DakotaMay 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 7, 1957, at approximately 8:25 p.m., a civilian witness in Fargo, North Dakota reported observing one round white object the size of a star at arm's length. The object moved from a bearing of 030 degrees azimuth to 315 degrees azimuth over a period of ten minutes before disappearing at the horizon. The witness was a high school student, age 16. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by an aircraft based on the description, duration, flight path, and manner of disappearance.

Reported location

Fargo, North Dakota

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

ND / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
7 May 1957 Fargo, North Dakota Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
GMT 08/0250Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS Possibly Aircraft
Yes 6. SOURCE
No Was Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Civilian Probably Astronomical
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Possibly Astronomical
ten minutes Other
one NE to NE Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Unknown

One round white object the size of a Description, duration, flight path,
star at arm's length. Object moved manner of disappearance indicate
from 030 dgrs azimuth to 315 dgrs that this sighting was probably
azimuths disappearing at the hori- caused by an aircraft.
zon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969853