Wild Rice, North DakotaJuly 1957

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On July 22, 1957, civilians near Wild Rice, North Dakota reported observing a star-like object that was blue to firey brown in color. The object appeared longer than its width and had a tail the size of the object. The sighting lasted approximately two hours. One object was reported. The Air Force concluded the sighting was an astronomical object. The case notes indicate that when small objects like stars are observed through binoculars, they appear to move or be distorted. The duration and movement of the object, without positional information, led to evaluation on an astronomical basis.

Reported location

Wild Rice, North Dakota

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

ND / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 22 July 1957
2. LOCATION: Wild Rice, North Dakota
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checked] Possibly Balloon, [checked] Possibly Astronomical
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 2105 hours (MST), GMT 23/0405Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checked] Air-Visual
5. PHOTOS: [checked] No
6. SOURCE: Civilians
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Approx 2 hrs
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: 45 dgr almost stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: A star-like object, blue to firey brown in color, looked to be longer than its width with a tail the size of the object.
11. COMMENTS: When small objects like a star are observed through binoculars they appear to move or to be distorted. Duration and movement indicates astronomical sighting without positional info the object cannot be identified. Characteristics, however, of sighting are present and case is evaluated on this basis.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970720