PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1 December 1956 3. DATETIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Valley City, N. Dakota 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION IX~round Vlauol 0 Ai,.. Visual 6, SOU Dl" r: 0 GroundRodor 0 Alrlnterc:ept 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Poui bl y Balloon 0 Was Al rc:raft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ui bl y Ai rc:raft 0 Was Aatronoml cal 0 Y 0 Probably Astronomical X)dllo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ito. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One object round, slightly larger All radio contact was regained than a baseball. Color red to orange after object left the area. at approx 1000 ft altitude. Object Association between obj & radio had rapid movements up, down, side-contact not established. ways and hovered. Upon npproach of Insufficient data-WX data not police car obj rapidly disappeared submitted.& positional info on to West. As police got closer to obj, obj not included. they lost radio contact with station at Valley City. Valley City also lost contact with Jamestown, S.D. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SKP 52) u yo 1 c.J.o -z= CTW40 WUS159 MA270 M FGB1!54 LONG GOVT PD //, FARGO NDAK 1 1212PMC COMMANDER AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO UFOB PART ONE. A. ROUND a. SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A BASEBALL AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES. c. RED TO ORANGE D. ONE E. NA. F. NA. G. RED STREAK AT INTERVALS He NONE PART W. Ae POLICE CHECK. B. ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1 c. ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1 000 FEET D.1 RAPID MOVEMENTS UP AND DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE ALSO HOVERED. E. UPON APPROACH OF POLICE CAR OBJECT RAPIDLY DISAPPEARED TO THE WEST.F. APPROXIMATELY 1' MINUTE. SECTION 3. A. GROUND VISUAL. B NA. c. NA SECTION 4. Ae 0720Z-12-1. Be NIGHT SECTION s. VALLEY CITY AIRPORT NORTH DAKOTA SECTION &. VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA POLICEMAN AGE 33. SECTION 7. A. VERY CLEAR VERY LITTLE WIND OR CLOUDS. Bel ,-. C.N. D. NA.t NA. F. NA. SECTION s. NON~. SECTION 12 NONE. REMARKS ADDITIONAL OBSERVER LORIN.ANDERSON CITY HALL VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA POLICEMAN. THE OFFICERS REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET CLOSER TO THE OBJECT THEY LOST RADIO CONTACT. WITH THE STATION AT VALLEY CITY AND ALSO AT JAMESTOWN THIS WAS CONSIDERED VERY UNUSUAL AND HAS HAPPENED ONLY PREVIOUSLY DURING SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS THE RADIO c STATION IN VALLEY CITY WAS ALSO WITHOUT CONTACT WITH JAMESTOWN ALL RADIO OPERATORS WERE ON DUTY AS TELEPHONE CHECK WAS MADE WEATHER ~AS CLEAR I N JAMESTOWN ALL CONTACTS WAS REGAINED WHEN OBJECT LEFT COMMANDER DETACHMENT ONE 4672ND GOSFARGO NDAK C NA D NA I NA F NA 8 12