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Case FileNARA NAID 28979301 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Minot, North DakotaAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Minot, North Dakota in August 1958. The full case file (4 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 33.

Reported location

Minot, North Dakota

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

ND / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
i .
i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
. I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
rt OQ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
O Was Aircraft
: EE — pe — 2 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rader O Probobly Aircraft
j omT__09/0500Z O Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS y O Was Astronomical  ..:LEOr
QO Yes XX Probably Astronomical
RX¥o Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DTU iasiiiisiiisiigiasions
i O Insufficient Deto for Evaluation
ox i 0 Unknown
15-20 secs one NW to SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Blue & white obj, size of pea. Had Probably a meteor from the
intense light like a star, Light fade Perseids snower,
| with distance,
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: | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
§ 1
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- ES 8 ET VI IPL WT om RE RRR
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979301

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