.\.\( GJ(OuP 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Air era ft ( j)os;, ible) ~. Nli~H~C r~ OF OC,JECTS LENC.Tn OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OASERVA TION Grounc i/-:ectronic Grounc ~ sut"u. Stationary basically I?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANA;._ YSIS 'I'he liE;hts ;~reen, ycllc,.v, Hacar pu. in:. G o;-;,etr,i n(; ing to t.he wa s s ecn observation. pilot rejJOrted noth::.n~ unucu c,.l. b~lieved to be l jt;ht was o oeco,~.t: e~-::c:L.t~.J. Th~ :i.nvesti,;<-~ t:i n G ~nGel"!a an of.:"ic r feel~; t:iut. ..,;,c; Prevloue edltlone of thle form mar be u .. d Force's radar equipment below certain nltitudes at certain distances is classified inform~.tion. However, the following statement can be made ldthout disclosing classified information because it involves one of the combinations of altitude (8,200 and distance (95 miles) which is ex- cluded from the area of classified information. There was, beyond any reasonable doubt, after considering all related factors of distance, weather, refraction, ect., an object at or very close to an altitude g. t~ith reference to the tanker operation, it is possible to see the final a~proach lru1ding pattern from M-6. Any light from planes in this area would be very close to the horizon, if they were visible, because of the topigraphical location of M-6. The following infonna- tion pertains to landing times of various plan(~s at Ninot AFB. planes landed between 0330Z and 0730Z. The sighting of the first ob- ject was reported by A3C 'l'urner at 0400Z. Based on the folloHing fac- tors: ( 1) the strike teams arrived at M-6 at approximately 0520Z (no accurate time is available); ( 2) the locn.tion of the white light around 100 degrees and very close to the horizon; and (3) and the movement of the white light between approximately 75 and 110 degrees (A2C Aldrich's statements) it is the opinion of the undersigned that there is a very high probability that the l-lhite light was in fact one of the afore-mentioned plru1es preparing to lru1d at Minot AFB. However, them is no way to prove this. 3. If I can be of further service to you please feel free to contact me. ROO D. HEYER, 1st Lt, USAF Hissile Security Operations Officer 862nd Combat Defense Squadron 1 Drawing by Turner 2 RC1dar Log 3 Drawing by Camacho ZULU INITIALS 0530 (Backlog) (Height Finder) (Height Finder) DETAILS 25 August 1966 Received a call from A3C Kazmicrzzaka Base Ops (Operations) Dispatcher @ North Base requesting the Alt. (Altitude) of a possible UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) approx (approximately) 360 75 miles from Mirot AFB (Air Force Base). Object was believed to be at first 30 miles high. Advised North Base that we were unable to detect Altts (altitudes) that high on our Height Finder's but would our search radar. On Search Radar pick-up a target @ 3570 95 miles from us. Advised NOrth Base of contact. Object appeared to be larger than a B-~2~ Shape: Round on top, emitting & changing colors, Green, yellow, red & white. When object seemed Red in color the object appeared small, but when white object seemed very, very large. UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) was seen and reported by personnel at 3 different missile sites. Reported above info (information) to Sgt (Ser geant) Widdows AST (Air Surveillance Technician) @ sidewalk. Notified Maj. (Major) Brigham of above info. (information) Alfa crew on duty. AlC (Airman First Class) Adell Conference Loop set up with AST (Air Surveillance Technician)-Sgt (Sergeant) Widdows & SD (Senior Director)-Major Barber. Conference Loop terminated at this time with Sector. The following is what was reported as it occured: Mike 6 encountering radio interference problems when objects go close to site. HF#l pick-up object @ 3600 95 miles 2,400, no change in range or azimuth. Mike 4 reported white object moving under original. Mike 6 reported object landed South of November 7. Object appears to be glowing. HF#l has object @ 4~400 & changing Alt. (Altitude) every so often. personnel who saw object: AlC (Airman Firs t ClassO Norrio, A2C (Airman Se cond Class) Hackenbracht, AlC (Airman First Class) Hibbs, A2C (Airman Sec ond Class) Holliday, A3C (Airman Third Class) Aldrich, AlC (Airman First Class) Griffen. TSgt (Technicial Sergeant) Garett, A3C (Airman Third Class) Mueller, A3C (Airman Third Class) Turner ZULU INITIALS (Site Designator) Object disappeared from view of Mike 6, but reported another sighting in general area. Z-28 had continous search & height contact with possible UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). Object stays at the same range, may vary 1 or 2 in azimuth but changes Alt. (Altitude) from 2,400 to 8,200. Strike team sighted an object which appears to be an A/C (Aircraft) circling Mike 6. Mike 4 reported 1 object 10 to 15 miles east of their Mike 6 reported the same object with a bright light. Sidewalk scrambled fighter from Minot AFB (Air Force Base) to investigate. Fighter has no visual contact with object. Fighter was controlled by Z-28 (Site Designator) to area of object on HF#l (Height Finder) & Search. Height Operators AlC (Airman First Class) Adell, Search Operator, Sgt. (Sergeant) Camacho. All missile sites reported no visual sightings of objects. Fighter was directly over object painte d on Search & Height, but fighter reports no sightings. Fighters are going back home. REMARKS: All sightings were being reported to Capt (Captain) Smith, FR55941 inside one of the missile silos who reported to Base Ops (Operations) A3C (Airman Third Class) Kazrierzzaka @ Minot AFB (Air Force Base) who in turn r eported to A3C (Airman Third Class) Sedovic & A3C (Airman Third Class) Hoitela @ Z-28 (Site Designator) who r elayed Info (information) to Sgt. (Ser geant) Camacho who relayed to sidewalk. Relieved of further r eporting by SD (Senior Director) @ sidewalk unless if there was any further sightings or new information. NOTE: AC -Angel Camacho, SSgt, USAF JW-Initials of AST (Air Surveillance Technicians) at 28th Air Division) Attatchment #2 ATTN 011' I DEPARTMENT OF TttE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 1&2ND COMB~T SUPPORT GROUP (SAC) MINOT AIR lfORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA 5170 t UFO Sighting of 25 August 1966 TOI AFSC (FTD) Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 Attn: Major Quintanilla 1. I have been advised by the Base Operations Officer here at Minot AFB to forward you this report since you are the official releasing authority for information on this project. 2. All information requested by Dr. Hynek is included in CDSC0-3 letter, dated 4 January 1967. FOR THE COMMANDER DAVID S. WELLS, Major, USAF 862d Combat Defense Squadron 1 Letter, CDSC0-3, 4 Jan 67 2 Letter, Dr. Hynek Peace , , i. our Proleion .. EPLY TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 862ND COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (SAC) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, NORT H DAKOTA 58701 UFO Report AFSC (FTD) Wright-Patterson AFB, In accordance with AFR 200-2 as changed, the following information is submitted: a. Description of the Object{s) ( 1) Shape : Round. {2) Size : At largest point, size of a B52 aircraft. (3) Color: Red, Greenish yellow, White . {4) Number: Two (2). (5) Formation: None . b. Description of course: Bright light in sky. (4) Object traveling very slowly back and f orth and up and down. 786th Radar sg verified movement from 100,000 f t to 4,ooo r t , and from 36o (5) Climbed out of sight. { 6) Three and one half ( 3~) hours. Peace is our Profession c. Manner of observation: (1) Ground-Visual/Ground-Electronic. d. Time and date of sighting: ( 2) Night. e . Location of observer(s): (1) ~ssile sites four (4) and nine ( 9 ) miles North of Carpio, NDak and two ( 2) miles West of Grano, NDak. f. Identifying information on observer( s): ( 2) MUEIJER MICHAEL D. 862 Combat Defense Squadron, eadquarters 862 Combat Support Group (SAC), Site Activation Team member. TURNER, JOHN M. A3C, 862 Combat Defense Squadron, Head- quarters 862 Combat Support Group (SAC), Site Activation Team mem- g . Weather and Winds: (1) Clear. TEMP GRAD: DffiECTION/VELOCITY (KTS) a. Ceiling : 1 - to Clr. b. Visibility: 15+. c. Amount of cloud cover: e . Vertical temperature gradient: See par g( 2) . assigned 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (ADC) assigned 450th Bomb Wing (906.AREFS) Minot AFB j. One (1) KC-135 in area. k. SHAW, CHESTER A.; Jft., Major, USAF, Base Director of Operations. Comments: Capt Smith (Missile Combat Crew Commander) on duty at Missile Site (MrKE Flt) sixty ( 6o) feet underground indicated that radio trans- mission was being interrupted by static, this static was accompanie d by the UFO coming close to the Missile Site (MIKE Flt). Whe n UFO climbe d, static stopped. The UFO appeared to be S.E. of MIKE 6, range undetermined. 0512Z, UFO climbe d for altitude after hovering for 15 minute s . South Raaar base gave altitude as 100 000 feet, N.W. of Minot AFB, NDak . At this time a strike team reporte d UFO decending, checked with Radar Site they also verified this. The UFO then b egan to swoop and dive . It then appeare d to land 10 to 15 miles South of MIKE 6. "MIKE 6 " Missile Site Control sent a strike team to check. When the t eam was about 10 miles from the landing sight, static disruppted radio contact wit h them. Five (5) to eight ( 8) minutes later, the glow diminishe d and the UFO took off . ~: .. \ Another UFO was visually sighte d and confirmed by radar. The one that X" . -was first sighted passed beneath the s e cond. Radar also confirme d this. '' ~ J The first, made for altitude toward the Nor t h and t he second seemed to ~ dissappear with the glow of r ed. A3C SEDOVIC at t h e South Radar base \' confirmed this also. At 0619Z, two and one half (2~) hours after first sighting, an F-106 interceptor was sent up. No contact or s ighti ng was stablished. The Control Tower asked the Aircraft Commande T of a KC- 135 which was flying in the local area to check the area. He r eported nothing . Radar Site picked up an e cho on radar which on checking was the KC-135 No other sightings. At o645Z discontinued search for UFO. Base Director FTD WORK ORDER 1. Description of Worlc: (Include title of unscheduled taslcs.) TITLE: UFO Report analysis as to the probable cause of the Radar return a. Extensive Analysis