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Case FileNARA NAID 28972482 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Minot, North DakotaOctober 1957

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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 Minot, North Dakota in October 1957. 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 29.

Reported location

Minot, North Dakota

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

ND / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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! hog # PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a AL
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
|
¢ O Wos Bolloon
27 October 1957 Minot, North Dakota O Probably Balloon
ER TT TT GR 7] ODO Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Eo
3 % O Was Aircraft :
CM LL AROBBaE (w) Air Visool Ae O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft ;
5. HOTS ; 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes OD Probably Astronomical
& Ho Civilian D Possibly Astronomicol .
7. LENGTH OF.OSSZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE : CER PETRI RR Ar OTN
o [Ram he Dota for Evaluotion
2 minutes one NE ———
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Round, white object, size of half- dhe characteristics ere those of |
dollar, low hum heard on amplifier an a/c seen at a very high alti-
while obicct was in sight, Object tude, and the connection hetween :
traveling at a very high speed, Had the hum on the amplifier and the
very bright light and was at high object is just misinterpreotation.,
altitude, Faded from sight with
increasing distance,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
iE AEA REO AA ARBAB ork Bi of basis nda FES TTS SRR EEL SR ESLER TR) “= 3 ¢ .
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