RECORD CARD I. LOCATIOf\lil e!t C 1 t y ~\FS ElSW(lrtlt AFD, S.U I. DATITIMI GROW iS AI.-VIel a Atr-lfttre.,t Ra4er a PettiWr Aircrft AkY Raclnr a AttrefteMI ... (. ,/ l 7. L.INOTH OP.OIIIRYATION I. NUMIIR 0' OIJICTS t. COURII ' a lntufllclent Det t.r Eveluetie" 0' SIOHTINO 11. On radar ooj appeared ns n11 n; c paint. Obj appeared to orbit. aadar contact lost when interca~tor plnn~ ap~roached within 3 miles. Visually there appeared to be 2 objs, size of a quarter with 2 miles separation, gr e groon, white and red flashing ligh , stationary with possible 10-20 kn~t AftC roa 121 cwav 21 au 12) The oth'"~rs wetu l l'OLttt) i. ('. ., .. 1 b~' nnamolous i- r'Of.;O!,.;a t.ic.11. o : ns~rouorticn.t IJodv as v 1 .-:>,L& ; sig-hting. 8SrP~ I? 3 t DE RJVZGU 2H FM COMDR 78' ACWRON MINOT AFS 'TO RJEDDNICOMDR AIR DEFENSE . R.IIZGU/COMDR 29TH ADIV COMMAND ENT ArB RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER . RJEZHQIASSI.STANT CHIEF or STAFF INTELLIGENCE RJEZHQ/OFF~CE Ol ~NFORMATION SERVICES cu.n:ATIGIIW ... Bn.luation ot tJlPOB Tl ArCD-4B4 ,_ APCIR-411 IITI 2 Pe'b 59 COMMIIIT 10. 1 ArCIR-~11&/W. 1n~r/Jc 1. Tbeae tour ra4ar s1sht1Dsa three (3) stations in the -pDeral area a period ot a little over four (4) hours. It ia probable that the .._ object or pbenOIIIeDOD caused tbe tour "1Uerent siShtiDsa. The object to orbit 1D a relatively ..U . ID tion, a possible weather balloon 1D tbe area by a veatber atation 2. Althmasb fishtera were to verUy an object, the poaa1b1lity eXists a balloon conJcJ bave caused the ra4ar paints. other cause such as ther or tion pbe aa is &lao a possibility 4 UDcl map C. HOFFMAN Colonel, USAF AFCllf-4El & I. IIIII I liCit uro oPS .,,. A. Cl) LlC:KTS <I) QUARTER C3) C:REEN AND RED, ALTERNATING c> I AND 2 C5) 2 MILES SEPARATION, STATIONARY C') LlC:HTS GREEN AND RED Ct) HRl J'PSI INDICATED TWO OBJECTS AT 11 811 FEET 2 MILES PAGE TWO RJWZGU 2H APART AND LATER CLIMBED TO !" 218 FEET. FPS 28 INDICATED ONE OBJECT, THEN TWO VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. B. Cl) ADJACENT RADAR SITE C2) 21 FEET ABOVE HORIZON, WEST ON VISUAL. ON GROUND ELECTRONIC AZIMUTH 273 DEGREES, RANGE 112 MILES, HEIGHT 18 C3) SAME AS BC2>. c> STATIONARY, POSSIBLE 11-QI KNOT ORBIT. C') J'ADED C') 55 MINUTES ON GROUND-ELECTRONIC Ce Cl) GROUND-VISUAL, GROUND ELECTRONIC, HRI J'PS,, SEARCH-FPS~I. Ee (I) ._. J)E;REJ:S 13 AND Ill MINUTES N Ill II:CREES Ill MINUTES V, II MILES SOUTH or MINOT r. (I) SAM We MOORE 1ST LT USAF, 71rfH Aal SQUADRON MINOT NeD INTERCEPT CONTROLLER, SENIOR DIRECTOR, 21 MONTHS EXPERIENCE PAGE THREE RJVZGU 2H I. SCRAMBLED 1 AIRCRAFT J. NO OTHER AIR TRAFFIC IN AREA Ke SENIOR DIRECTOR ELECTRONIC HRI CONTACT VAS LOST PRIOR TO INl'ERCEPT AT 11 811 FEET AND OBJECT VAS CL!MBING SEARCH fPS-21 CONTACT VAS MAINTAINED. INTERCEPT VAS RUN FROM 111 FEET TO 21 111 FEET, PILOT REPORTED VISUAL CONTACT Le THIRTEEN Cl3) PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE ELECT~ONIC SIGHTING OF THE OBJECT. PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT OOC 11/tii"IZ SEPT RJI ZC:U 'ff.tf28'/'l' 8Pfff C. I D. 1' PLUS E. NONE r. NONF. G. NON (!) GREAT FALLS WEATHER REPORTS POSSIPLE WFATKR BALLCN IN AREA AT Selle FT. AT 1-3t2 (9) SCRAMBLED CAMPAIGN 28 AIRBORNE 1~t12 NEG- ATIV[ SIGHTI~G, SCRA~ELED CA~PAIGN 27 AIRPORNE 13,$2 NEGATIVE SIGHTI~G (11) C27BE31t' 121~2 (11) CAMPAIGN 28 WAS ~ERGED WITH PQSSIELE TARGET THRE TIMES. NO AI CR VISUAL CONTACT. CA~PAIGN 27 VAS YERGED WITH POSSIELE TARGET THRD TirrS. CNE Al CONTACT, T REPORTED PROBAE GROUND RETURN NO VISUAL CONTACTS. INTLL IGE~CE OFFICER, NO KNCWN REASON UFOE. RADAR RETURN 0~1 MPS-14 APPEAR En AS AIRCRAFT RETURN, TARGET APPEARED TC VARY RAPIDLY IN ALTITUDE, VERY LIT1'LE IN DISTANCE. <12> NONE - t7/lS3fZ SEP RJW2GU TCZCSQFI7~ PP RJEDDN RJDSO RJ2HQ DE RJWZGU 2J , .. FM CO~DR 982D ACVRON MILES CITY AFS TO RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND NT AFE COLORJDO SPRINGS RJWZGU/COMDR 29TH AIR DIVISICN DEF MALft.STRCM AFE RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE, CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFE._--- RJEZHOtDIR CF INTELLIGENCE USAF WASH 25 DC . INFO COMDR 11f6TH AISS ENT AFt COLORADO /UNCLASSIFIED/ OIN 832. ATTNt DIRDCTOR OF INTELLIGENCE UFOB. Cl)A. NO VISUAL B. N/A C. N/A D. I E. N/A F. NONE G. N/A H. N/A I. NONE (2)A. SITE P-27 B. VARIABLE f$3196 DEGREES, 78-88 NM FROM MS8 6-f.t1~Sff MEASURED ALTITUDE C. IS4 DEGREES, 112fr MEASURED ALTITUDE D. MOVED UP AND DOWN IN CIRCKLAR FLIGHT PATH . RADAR . fADE 15252 r . THREE. HOURS EIGHT MINUTES C~) A. GROUND. ELECTRONIC MPS-14 B. N/A C. N/A (~)A. 12172 7 SEP 58 MSS PICKUP B. DAWN 12272 I (') A. QBI,18. (6) A. EDDCE J. BERQUIST, 1/LT 9t2D ACWRON SENIOR DIRECTCR A-1 B. GEORGE J. COLE, 1/LT $t-2D ACWRON SENIOR DIRECTOR Al (7) A. CLEAR BM 6fetLIGHT AND VARIAELE, 11ffl-311/11 i~DNe CREW CHIEF LAWRENCE Ee SHRIVER AI2C FLOOR SUPERVISOR, ~--De ARCHER A/2C SCOPE OPERATOR, 7. Ae CLEAR, WINDS CALM. I. RCA WEATHER SURFACE WINDS NV ' WINDS ALOFT 21111 FEET 311/_,, '1111 311/,. c. CLEAR De 1' E NEGATIVE r. NEGATIVE le Ae NEGATIVE, 9. SCRAMBLED ON F89J ON ORDERS FROM 29TH AIR DIVe 1. NONE. 11. DUTY DIRECTOR DIRECTORED THE FIGHTER TO THE POSITION OF CONTACT WITH UFOBe WE LOST RADAR CONTACT WITH UFOB WHEN FIGHTER VAS APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM UFOB THE FIGHTER MADE A SEARCH OF IMMEDIATELY AREA FROM GROUND TO Ill FEET HE REPORTED NO CONTACT OF VISUAL SIGHTINGS. U_Nl)ULAtlJ M-9~J AI-MILES.....CITY MO.NT'A~.~ INfORMED US THEY HAD CONTACT WITH UFOS. I PASSED CONTROL OF FIGHTER TO UNDULATE AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO PHOTOGRAPH AVAILABLE FROM ROLLERSKATE M-97 17/17312 SEPT RJWZGU VC2CSQDS,8ZCQYA896 DE RJW2GU 2A FM COMDR 7-lTH ACWRON ELLSWORTH AFB TO RJWZFU/COMDR 29TH ADIV DEF MALMSTROM AFB RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COL SPRINGS RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLI~ENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB G/ RJE2HQ/DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 2' DC UNCLASSIFIED. OIN 661 ATTNI DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, UFOB 1. Ae N/A B. N/A C. N/A De ONE E. N/A r. IT APPEARED AS AN AIRCRAFT PAINT I G. N/A H. N/A I N/A 2. A. IDESK q_ADVISED ROLLERSKATE THEY HAD ON E-12 UFOB IN BA 1221 GEO REF ON 17/13222 B. OBSERVED THE OBJECT AT -7/13222 AT 332 DEGREES 75 fJ'J f.ROM .. ELLSWORTH ~I~ FORCE BASE AT 1311 FEET c. CONTACT LOST 17111112 337 DEGRE.ES .. 61 NM FROM ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE -~ [tET De QBJE~ APPEARED_TO ORB~! IN AN AREA.MORTH_YEST OF ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE AT A RANGE OF 75 TO 60 NM Ee OBJECT FADED FROM OUR MPS-14 RADAR SET. F RADAR CONTACT WITH OBJEct FOR~' MINUTESJ 3. A. GROUND ELECTRONIC MPS-1~. B. NONE PAGE TWO RJW2GU 2A Ce N/A A. 1713222 Be DAY ' A. OBSERVER ON DUTY AT RADAR SITE Mt7 ON ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE. 6. A. N/A B ACZCSQD&S2ZCQ PP RJEDSQ DE RJtJZGU 1A P J7141&tlJZ . iM COMDR 741TH ACWRON ELLSWORTH AFB TO RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS RJW2GU/COHDR 29TH AIR DIVISION DEF MALMSTROM AFB RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WGIGHTPATTERSON AFB-' RJEZHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE USAF WASH 25 DC .-ID OlN 659 ATTN& DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE UJOB (1) A. : D. ONE Cl) E. N/A Fe NONE G. NONE H. NON I. NON 2. OVAL A. Ac&w'i~TEM-;s a. 35~ DEGREEs, RADAR, ~211 EE RADAR, 1 KZCOrtD-D ALTITUDE D. NONE E. !_ENT BELOW HORJZON F.(?~ :1INUTE:S RAMAE, ~) MJNUTF.:S VISUAL. 3 A . GROUND VISUAL, CTROl~ IC M - MST, 11182 5. 741TH AC&W OPERATIONS, ~IILSORTH AIR FO E ~ASE, _SQ.l!_"':J! C WEEKS A/2C BROWN R. L., A/3C FORD, A/3C JOHANSE~!J..-. -PAGE ro RJWZGU 1A A/JC JO D. A/3C TUNNELL, A/3C ST JOSEPH A/3C JG~uTSON! 7. DfGREES,(7) KNOTN ~ , .CLEAR, f Z@. THROUGH 50H?J010 A. NONE F. NONE s. NON KNOWN S. N/A C. CLEAR D. 15 PLUS E. AND CAMPP. N ~ ...,..~LK.MUA..I.J.u.&M, ~Q._V1SJJAL _OR ELECTRONIC 90NTACT. 10. NON:: ~"NOWN. 11. DUTY DIRECTOR, Ut'APLE TO ASCERTAif\~ REASON FOR UFOB. SEEN BY ENTIRE CREW VISUAL AND ELECTRONIC, SAME AZIMUYM.