OA iE -:"IME GROUP Ci vi lia.n e.: Vd.lit ary 4. NUHP.ER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD lfu.nesota, North Dakota, l7isconsin 10. CONCLUSION Other {ARTIFICIAL CWUD RELEASE) At 2239 CDT there was a rocket launched from Fort Churchill, Canada. A barium cloud release follared ----------~ ~. lENGTH OF 0851iAVATIOH 11. BRI EF IUMMAAV ANr. ANA&.Vt~ 6. 1YPE OF OBSERVATION Ai r-e.rou.lii-Visual I' COURSE Sta o~ar: in the N 9. PHYSICAL E. viDENCE so:.::-: CASE FilE r TO s E p 6 3 0-329 (TOE} Prnioua .~ltJofte of thle fol"'ll .... ~ ... u .. d. X. Preparing Officer 29th Air Division Intelligence Officer XII. , Physical Evidence No photos or material evidence. XIII. Miscellaneous Comments of Observer The object paralleled their course west on highwa~ 34. They turned north to get away went into the Twin Pines Resort, and carne out again witll All three then watched the object until about OZ when it went behind the trees . Their car windows were down, and no sound was heard. They also thought the object expanded vertically, "like a balloon being inflated," Earlier,~ightings in the A~ea Hr. said his mother Nrs two :ompanions, Mrs, and saw an identical object that same evening between 0430Z and 0530Z. were entering their home in Walker after a party, but escribed the ,.,omen as "conservative" and so.iC.)"None of them cirink," They described the object as s ou:.jless and said i t proceeded northeast for two or three ~inu~es before they l ost sight of it. !:ir. said that about o4ooz, 9 Aug 66, he and 16 other people, including two Minnesota highway patrolmen, saw a nigh, round, luminous, white object move rapidly across the s~y Oing northeast, exe~uting several abrupt right angle ~ s as it did s o . This was observed from in front of his nex~ door neighbor's home. The next evening , between 0315Z a~d C330Z, he and h~s next door neighbor, who he said w -tl1e "co t.!:1ty cornmissione!"," observed an identical object on an id.e n-:ical course. ::r. said both evenings were clear and s~ill, which raises the possibili of inversions, on whic~ this office h a s no data. Mr. said a surveyor who ~as present on 9 Aug made an admittedly very rough es- ti e o~ the object's velocity at 3500 miles per hour. How-~ eve~, the object was large enough or low enoug h to have a rour.j shape, and no sonic boom was heard. The object's size wa s about one-th ird that of a high,full moon. Additional Comments Th i s ~f~ice c allej the St. Louis Count ttorne 's office, loca.:-::-: :.:1 Duluth, r.!i nnesota, and one lis~e~ :~ their ei~ectory as for They ~i: ~ot have his office te ephone number. It there ~ore, seem probable that the man who reported ing s was, in fact, the Received B~ WI LLIA?! H, STOECKER, 2d Lt, USAF th~ sight- Z" .;t Jllvln.J ~:rscv Sl'~' UFO SIGHTING r.iOON SHAPED Ln I G'-1T r~ESS c t:r.rr 12 r~:ILES { 5) NOt~E PHYSICAL EVIDENCE I !1UICATC: TH;,T THE . ~Ll J SIGHTl~iGS 0ERE BY FLYING f,T Ti1~ ~BJECT I N VISU~L CONT~CT FOR Tr'f. P05lTio OF TH OS - l'UHNED OFF L! GrT~ TC REFLECT I 0 \~ r"r:c~;-pr "IEPL Y TO ATTN Of' I DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 862ND COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (SAC) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA 58701 aueJIEc T 1 UFO Report TOI AFSC (FTD) Wright-Patterson AFB In accordance with AFR 200-2 as changed, the following informa- tion is submi.tted: a. Description of object: ( 1) Shape: Oval ( simular to football). (2) Size: Baseball. (3) Color: White with light orange tint (very bright). ( 4) Number: One. ( 5) Formation: N/A. (6) Any discernible features or details: angle ( slash equal to length of oval) Vertical slash b. Description of course: Driving North, object appeared in front of car about (4) Appeared to came straight in and then out. (5) Orange color faded to white then faded out. (6) Twelve (12) minutes. Peace is our Profession c. Manner of observation: ( 1) Ground-Visual. d . Time and date of sighting: (2) Night. e . Location of observer(s): (1) Fifteen (15) miles South of Minot, NDak. f . Identifying ini'ormation on observer( s) : , Minot AFB Reg~stered Nurse. eno .... ~e Squadron, S"::e~J:.alist. AlC, 455 Missile Maint- ................ stic Missile Analysis g . Weather and W:!.:r:C.S: ( 1) Clear. l :) Ceiling: Eigh Scattered. ~) Visibility : Fifteen ( 15) plus. (5) Amount of cloud cover: 4/10. Direction/Velocity ( 6) Thunderstorms in area and q1ladrant in which located: h. Any other unusual activity or condition: None. i. Interception or identification action taken: None. j. Location, approximate altitude, and general direction, of flight of any air traffic or balloon releases in the area which might possibly account for the sighting: ( 1) One ( 1) T-33 in local area at that time. CHES'l'ER A. SHAW Major, USAF Base Director of Opera- J"r;, ~1a.j or, USAF Base Director of. Operat i ons U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much informcti~n OS possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove observed. Pleas try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will b used for research purposes. Your name wi II not be used in connection with any statements, cor'\cl..aions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if 1t is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did y~u see the obiect? 3. Time Zone: (Circle One): a. t:astern (b. -~.Centr ~I_ c. Mount~:n d. Pacific 4. Wher~ wer~ you when you saw the object? (Circle One): (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving t1i! Standard Necrest Postol Address City or Town State or County 5. How long w~s object in sight? (Totol Duration) Hours Minutes Seconds ,{ o. Certain c. Not very sure b. Fairly certain d. Ju.st a guess 5.2 Was obi~=~ i:"t siont continuous!v? 6. What was the condition of the sky? a. Bright -L /( b. Cloudy b. Cloudy 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In back of you c . To your right d. To your left e. Overhead f. Don't remember FTD OCT 62 164 Thl form upned .. FTD 164, Jul 61, which is obaolte. 8. IF you sow the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): (J: o~n 't remember 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b. Du~l moonlight c. No moonlight -pitch dark f(J!: Don't remember 9. What were ~e weather conditions at the time you sow the obiect? CLOUDS ( Circ:le One): . ~:Clear sk;~ c. Scattered clouds d. Thick or heavy clouds 10. The object cppeared: (Circle One): 6"As o light WEATHER (Circle One): b. Fog, mist, or I ight rain c. Moderate or heavy rain e. Don't remember b. T ronspc:-~!'lt e. Don't remember 11. If it oppeored os a light, was it brighter thon the brightest stars? (Circle One): (.~.: Brighter c. About the some d. Don't know Compore brightness to some c:om~on obiect: 12. The edges of the object were: e. Other ~"~ C ;Jt t )', (Circia One): a. Fuzzy or blurred b. Like o bright star : -c_.--. Sharply out I ined Y. Don't remember 13. Did the obje:: : (Circle One for each question) Don't know Don't know a. Appear to stand still ot any time? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up into ports or explode? Don't know Don't know d. Give off s moke? Don't know Don't know Don't know e. Change brightness? f. Change shape? g. Flash or flicker?