Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting at Redfield & McLoughlin, South Dakota, 17 November 1956
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A 1956 sighting report from South Dakota describes a cone-shaped, color-changing object hovering for 30 minutes. The military classified the event as a possible balloon sighting during a period of high regional activity known as the 'Dakota Flap'.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting on 17 November 1956 in South Dakota. The incident involved a report from a State Police officer (number 633) who observed an object that changed from a dim red to a bright red glow, and was also described as a blue-green, cone-shaped object. The object was reported to have hovered over Mound City, South Dakota, for approximately 30 minutes. The teletype communication, sent from Ellsworth AFB, notes that the sighting was part of a broader series of events referred to as the 'Dakota Flap,' which reportedly included at least 85 sightings in 25 days. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the report is poor and the object was likely a balloon. The documentation includes internal military routing to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB.
Poor report but this is quite possibly a balloon.
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Official Assessment
Poor report but this is quite possibly a balloon.
The object was identified as possibly a balloon.
Witnesses
- State Police Officer number 633State Police OfficerState Police