Multiple Sighting Project 10073 Record Card — Fargo & Grand Forks, North Dakota, 9 Sep 60

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence detailing an aerial sighting that occurred on September 9, 1960, over Fargo and Grand Forks, North Dakota. The primary witnesses included a traffic controller at Hector Airport and an intelligence operations technician at the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector, both of whom were noted for their excellent reliability. The witnesses described a bright green-white, oval-shaped object, approximately the size of a dime, which was observed descending rapidly over a duration of two to three seconds. The sighting was corroborated by numerous civil aircraft pilots and other unidentified observers on the ground. Intelligence Officer Captain Charles L. Burch conducted a preliminary analysis, concluding that the phenomenon was likely an unusually large meteorite or similar astronomical event. However, the report also acknowledges the possibility that the object could be identified as a 'moon dust' sighting. Further reports of the same object were received from various points up to 150 miles north and south of Fargo, as well as from the municipal airport in Duluth, Minnesota, and by the US Coast Guard stationed off the southern shore of Lake Superior. All reports were generally consistent in time and description. The document includes detailed meteorological data for the time of the sighting, noting clear conditions with specific wind speeds at various altitudes. The report was distributed to various military and intelligence commands, including HQ USAF and the 29th Air Division SAGE.