S of Bismark, North DakotaOctober 1957

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Summary

On October 25, 1957, a witness south of Bismarck, North Dakota, reported one object in the sky. The witness was a civilian ground observer. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted about 20 minutes around 6:15 p.m. local time.

The object was pencil shaped and red. It looked about the size of a basketball. It moved fast and climbed slowly toward the south. Witnesses said it had a flame coming from one end, like a gas flare, and that it turned black before it disappeared. The sky had scattered clouds with light winds.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon. Officers noted the Bismarck weather station launched a balloon at about the same time, which they believed accounted for the sighting.

Reported location

S of Bismark, 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

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD hs
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I. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
IX XWeos Balloon
S ber 1957 S of Bismark, North Dakota |O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Getioen |
tocol 1815 === | XXGrewnd-Visual O Ground-Rodar - Pabobie aly lh |
emy_26/0015 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rader | Possibly Aireroft |
S. PH : ODO Wes Astronomical :
QO Yes O Probebly Astronomical
XX No ; Civilian - GOC O Possibly Astronemical |
7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ITI
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20 minutes one South |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
A pencil shaped object the size of The Bismark AWS launched a
a basketball, red, was sighted mov- balloon at 0000Z, which was, |
ing fast and climbing slowly. no doubt, the object sighted.
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