Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, 3 March 1967, North Dakota

This document contains a series of reports and correspondence regarding a UFO sighting on 3 March 1967 in North Dakota. The primary witness, a North Dakota Highway Patrolman, reported observing an object while investigating an accident near the junction of U.S. 281 and Oberon Road. The witness described the object as a round, saucer-like craft that appeared to rotate, displaying red, blue, green, and white lights. He estimated its altitude at 1,000 feet and its speed at 60 M.P.H. The witness, who had four years of experience as an Air Force weather observer, explicitly stated that the object was not an aircraft or a weather balloon. Despite his professional background, the official Air Force conclusion, as noted on the Project 10073 record, identified the object as the planet Venus, which was setting at the time of the sighting. The file includes the original sighting questionnaire, a map of the area, and correspondence from the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base requesting further information from the witness.