Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Baudette, Minnesota, 11 August 1967
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AI-Generated Summary
A sighting report from Baudette AFS, Minnesota, in August 1967 describes a white, oval-shaped object. The Air Force concluded the object was an aircraft, likely a T-33 training plane operating in the vicinity.
On August 11, 1967, at 0430Z, a witness at the 692nd Radar Squadron at Baudette AFS, Minnesota, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness described the object as a round, oval-shaped, white object, comparable in brightness to a giant flashlight. The object, which appeared to have an exhaust trail, was visible for approximately 30 seconds before it flashed and disappeared from sight. The witness estimated the object's size to be similar to a basketball at a distance of 600 feet. The weather was reported as clear and dry. The incident was formally reported to TSgt David Hughes Jr. on August 11, 1967. Official Air Force documentation concluded that the object was an aircraft, noting that there was no data to suggest it could not have been one. Further intelligence records indicate that a T-33 aircraft from Duluth AFB was operating over the 692nd Radar Squadron at approximately 0400Z, heading 160 degrees at an altitude of 33,000 feet, which is the likely explanation for the sighting.
The brightness of it was like the beam of a giant flashlight. Object had an exhaust trail coming from it. Object flashed and just disappeared.
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Official Assessment
AIRCRAFT. No data to indicate object could not have been an aircraft.
The object was identified as an aircraft, likely a T-33 from Duluth AFB which was in the area at the time of the sighting.
Witnesses
- [illegible]692nd Radar Sq Baudette AFS Minn
Key Persons
- David Hughes Jr.INT WCO
- Dr. CondonUniversity of Colorado