1. DATE TIME GROUP NUMBER OF OBJECTS s. LENGTH OF OISERYATION TYPE OF OISERVA TION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 11. Ill!' IUMMAIY AND ANALYSIS AF IN : 14173 (4 May 65) G/gem Page 1 of 4 ACTION: NI:N-7 XOP-1, XOPX-8, SAFOS-3, DIA-l (21) ~8 Cl12 ZCHQ0116ZCEJD737 OE RUCMSXB 1 13/1811Z f~ 787TH RADAR SQ CHANDLER AFS MINN TO RUIGALE/ADC ENT AFB COLO RuCMRG/29ADtY RICHARDS GEBAUR ArB MO RUCOGU/AFSC WRIGHT P~TiERSON AFB OHIO rt UEA HQ/ CSA F' RJEAHQ/OSAF ~ASH OC INFO RUCMSX/SCAOS SIOUX CITY MUNI APRT IOWA UNCLAS 7870AC ii368 APR 65G fOR AOOIN, 29NINT, FOREIGN TECrlNULOGY O!~ISION AT WRIGHT PATTERSON, AFNIN, SAFOI. INFO SCODCIo SUBJ: U r 0. THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 21i2. Ao DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT. (1) CIRCu- LAR <OVAL). C2) UNKNOWN. OBSERVER COULD NOT DESCRIBE THIS OBJECT IN THIS MANNERo HIS ESTIMATE SIZE WAS APPROX 6FT IN DIAMETER. ~PTH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. <J>. WHEN OBJECT FIRST APPEARED : CLASSIFI[D Page 2 of 4 THE COLOR WAS NOT DISCERNIBLE EXCEPT AS A BRILLIANT LIGHT AND THEN AS 2 BRIGHT LIGHTS INSIDE OF AN OBJECT. WHEN THE DOOR TO THE ~JECT WAS CLOSED TH LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISt0 AND Tt. OBJECT PAGE 2 RUCMSXB 1 UHCLAS APPEARED TO BE OF A METALIC COLOR. C~>. ONE. C5> NOT APPLICABLE ~6) OM..Y T)o DOOR AND THE MANELNER OF CLOSING IT. Tt OBSERVER SURMISED THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSED ELECTRONICALLY BECAUSE NO PERSON OR APPARATUS WAS SEEN. THE DOOR WAS ROUND CORRESPONDING TO Tl- OPENING FROM WHICH THE LIGHT WAS COMINio C7> NINE. (8) NO SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE OBJECT, HOWEVER THE OBSERVERs ATTENTION iAS CALLED TO THE OBJECT BECAUSE OF ITS INTERFERENCE WITH HIS jADIO <STATIC>. (9) THE LIGHT WHICH APPEARED TO BE INSIDE RESEMBLED THAT OF AN ARC WELDING LIGHT ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVER. THE LJGHT APPEARED WHEN THE OBJECT WAS HOVERING NEAR THE GROUND, APPROX -ea f'T FRCiti T~ GROUND, APPROX 2a1 YDS FROM THE OBSERVER. a. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT~ <1> INTERFERENCE CSTATIC> OF HIS RADIO IHICH LEAD HIM TO INVESTIGATE OUTSIDE OF HIS FARM HOUSE. C2> APPROX 151FT ABOVE THE GROUND APPROACHING FROM Tt .~RTHIE~T. AND ANGLE OF APPROX ~5HEGREES FROM THE OBSERVER. CJ) APPROX 3Ji FTAt DISAPPEARANCE. (4) OBJECT TRAVEL NORTH TO . ...,1\..J UNf'LAS)IFifD Page 3 or 4 SOlJTH ASCEND I Ni FROM 18& fT TO LEVEL I tG AT APPROX 3&1 FT AT DISAPPEARANCE. OBJECT TRAVELED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN TO THE EAST AND T~N SOUTH. (5) INSTANTANEOUS. Y TO T~ SOUTH OBJECT SEEMED , TO DISAPPEAR AFTER Tt DOOR WAS CLOSED. C6) APPROX 2 MINUTES AT PAGE 3 RUCMSXB 1 UNCLAS A DISTANCE OF 3/-MILES fROM THE OBSERVER. Co MANNER OF OBSERVA TI~No (1) GROUND -VISUAL. C2) NONE. (J) NOT APPLICABLE. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING. TKQL 0 APRIL 65-IJJIZ. <2) NIGHT Eo LOCAl ION OF OBSERVERo 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF DUNDEE, MINNESOTA, 8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF FULDA, MINNESOTA IN THE tOWN Of KINORAE, MiNNESOTA. F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBERVER. ST IMATED AT 55-65 <WOULD NOT REVEAL AGE> KINORAE, MINNSOTA. RELIABILITY-DOUBTFUL-BASED ON FACTS AS tNOICATEO IN COM~NTS OF PREPARjNG OFFICER. C2) NIA. G. WEATHER AND 'llNOS AT SIGHT lti. (1) NICE EVENIMi, NO WINDS, CLEAR SKYe (2) NOT AVAILABLE. CJ> 6il FT. C4> 2 MILES WITH FOG. (5) 6 TO 9 TENTHS <OVERCAST>. C6) NONE. <7> 41 DEGREES. H. Tt 'llti>S WERE CALM, BLOWIMJ FROM Tt NORTtAST. CMiiZ WEATtR> NONE. J~ NONEa K. UNIT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER COMMENTS. OBSERVER RE?ORTED THE SIGHTING 29 DAYS AFTER THE ACTUAL OBSERVA- UNCLASSIFfED Page 4 of 4 TION. Tt PATTERN OF EVENTS FOLLOW A LOGIC.AL SEQUENCE, ALTHOLGH THE ELEMENT OF TIME AND AGE OF THE OBSERVER MIGHT BE A CONSIDERA T ION WtN THE CC*PLETE PICTURE IS ANAL YlED. CREDENCE OF INF A- T ION. AN INTERVIEW BY THE INVESTIGATOR WITH THE OBSERVER REVEALED '"E fOLLOWING FACTS: OBSERV PAGE 4 RUCMSXB 1 UNCLAS ON A FARM ON THE WEST EDGE Of KINORAE, MlNN. HE IS A RETIRED MAIL CARRIER AND DIVORCEE HE HAS LIVED ALONE FOR THE PAST J YEARS. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE OBSERVER STATED THAT A SIMILAR INCIDENT CWHICH HE DID NOT REPORT> OCCURRED WHEN 2 RUSS!AN MIG AIRCRAFT APPEARED ON HIS FARM. HE INDICATED THAT HE SPOKE WITH THEM DURING THIS TIME. HE WOULD CfrER NO FURTHER JNFORMATION Or THJS INCIDENT. IN VIEW OF THE IMPROBABILtTY Of SUCH AN INCIDENT IT IS THE OPINION Of THE PREPAR fNG OFFICIAL THAT TOTAL CREDIBILiTY OF THIS OBSERVATION IS OOUBT-