PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 28 Feb 61 Williston, North Dakota o Probably Balloon Passi bly Balloon Local 2031 JCl Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft D Probably Aircraft Po ssi bl Y Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOU E 0 Was Astronomi col V i:IJ~ /Ue'T a Probably Astronomical No 1'!-tt:.rl t'*J) CiVililn 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE C Other _ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEf! SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGCircular, size Of nickelll COMMENTSQbjt of this sighting was at arms length. White with red crest near top~probably planet Venus with associated NW az aprox 16 above horizon at appearance effects of atmospheric refraction. The and was watched for over an hour but was not direction of the planet and UFO at o~served to disappear. Slight left and right time of sighting are coincident. Venus alt movement. time of sighting was just setting and effects of stmospheric refraction, dis- tortion, discoloration and apparent motihn were at maxjmum magnitude of -.3. Fact that last sighting occurred just as planet set substantiates this con- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) DEPARTM!NT 011 M A~ .STAFF : n:SSAGE DlVlSJQH UNCLASSlfi!D MES.S"GI OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (21) ZCZCHQB452Z DE RJWZGUK 5 I oil,..,l FM 78~TH AXWRON FORTUNA AFS WESTBY MONT TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN WASH 25 DC RJEDSQ/ AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CNTR \~RIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/SECTY OF THE AIR FORCE SAFIS t~ASH 25 DC INFO RJtiiZGU/29 AD SAGE MALMSTROM AFB MONT I UNCLAS/ 112 SUBJECT: UFO REF: AFR 2~0-2 PARA 15 AI lo CIRCULAR 6o RED CREST NEAR TOP Q W\~M A NICKEL COVERED IT AT ARMS LENGHT QB/ lo BRIGHTNESS AND MOVEMNT 2 o N., hfo AZIMUTH/ APPROX 16 DE GRESS ABOVE HORIZ o 3o NEGo DISAPPEARANCE ~JHLE BEING OBSERVED Q SLIGHT LEFT AND RIGHT t10VEMENT RERUN PAGE THREE D!PA!rrMM 01' M AM STAFf '1\ESSAGE Di' llS10N UNCLAS.SiflED MESSAGI I tJ C 0 ~1 t N G PAGE TWO RJWZGUK 5 Page 2 or-3 6. STILL VISIBLE/ END OF ONE HOUR LAST REPORT AT 0325Z C/ lo GROUND VISUAL 2. WITH TELESCOPE THAT HAD COATED LENS AND aJITH NAKED EYE. E/ 1. OBSERVED BY CITY PATROLMAN BILL LORD \aJILLISTON N.D. REPORTED BY LT. WILLIAM A. WILLIS OF ~IILLISTON N.D. POLICE EPARTMENT G/ 1 o CLEAR 2. NW APPROX 6 7. UNKNOt~N Kl SENIOR DIRECTOR/ FRANKLIN B. BRIGHAM JR. CAPT. COMMENTS: MINOT AFB, N.D. t~EATHER OFFICER <LT. SHABLO\~) SAID THAT IT MIGHT BE PLANET VENUS \"HICH IS BRIGHTEST T1-fiS MONTH L/ PHOTOGRAPHS \~ERE TAKEN BY t.aJILLISTON No Do POLICE DEPT o AND PAGE THREE RJWZGUK 5 FORWARDED TO MAR RJWZGUK D!'PARTM!NT 0' TH! AM f'O!C! STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSLcam 1.\!SSAGl I NCO lNG THEY ARE AVAILABLE.