PROJECT 10073 RECORD l. OA lE TI).(E C UP 2. LOCATION ~--~ Fe~ ( ... 7 26/0l50Z Fureo, North Dakota l. S\lUP.C 10. CONCLUSION Civil i on t. HliME\E R 0~ CtJECTS .S. LEHGTH OF O~SERVATIOH Visual: Poss i~le Other (fl...AS:.'j\) Fhoto a Possible Other (FLA.Si<A) ri'here "Was no rad9.r c ontact or k:&own air truffic in the area et that ti;;te. The sources estimate of si~.e and tlistnnce are c on:Jis'- 11. 8RIEF SUMMARY ANO AHALYIII tent -v;ith the photographlc evldcnce, . however, a defi11ite size appreciation cannot be obtained due to the lack of necccssary detail for obtaining a scole factor. tt. TYPE OF O&S:RVATIOH 1. CCUP.SE The ocservers stated that they sighted ancl photographed a lun ine;;:e;:ce "blob" that rose from the ground and accele r ated av:ay i:1 a northeasterly direction. Theycst imated tltat the phencce~on was about 5 ft in diameter and about 200 ft away wh(n the l ~!rs ~ sighted it. U./15 .1 1/100 of a second. Howerer there is sor.1e quest ion i a 9. PHYSJC.lL cVl:!~! to the n3tm~e ~f the streak of li~1t at the bottom of the first photo. Dr Hynek feels that it could have been the result of ,OIW .err.bs.n .~:lt. f .TD SEI' ., 0-~ (TOE) Paaahu IIttau IllS leaal!tlf .. Uie. POl.ICE'' D AATMJI:NT ,.,MPLAIN ~NT PLACC OF OCCUAANCE. '!-94 and 26th st. s., Farr; North Dakota REPORT RECEIVED BY-------AT_8taQ _p M. DAT.~2;._..;.;2..:;6_.....;~61~-----19_ HOW REPORTEtt raon DATE AND TIME OFFENSE COMMITT FICiiA ASSIGNED Mer ..::B;. 0:::-rAi t..S orr ~.="F'NSE (STATE FULLY A:..._, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES Of' THIS OP'P'ENSiL AND ITS INVESTIGATION) ,,nile At t:-. station Lt .flnde:-son uked JDe to watch .by the desk while he w~o on the pho'!1~. T-o ~artiea oame to "t~ ation a y a coup .. "' p a that t;::e ,-~ed !:. to aee. ~e two bo are 1derJt1tied Age 16. Fargo. w. D~.. and they had t ~-:e: They sa~ th followinr. aoooumt ot t or pictures that They wer:t ~o .:.:et Farr;o and o!! ~ha way baok. they ttu-ned ott or I-94 onto the interesotion or !~?9. r~ey tr~ea took ~e-em r sidt or I-94 to 25th Btraet told to look at the brig~ =bje~ to the northeaat or them. hey were jua sout} - ---Qt l~94 2!"" St whe the lie;ht. y '! t .to t~e north o.r the I-94- ov~rp s~ ~ot out e~ t.'-1 oar and c:ot his Polaroid oat:era out of the t.runk o~f tht _ _ Q~ _ar' r.~ ~ :! ~-=l ~.furthg n .a~ut to the !.filll&\lkM RR tra~ka and the object .tarted took one plot led it rro~the -+her ri t Thia io'!rure ia e ;---. oture n~T =, o ure. r_. ok another nd the object WaR la attaohed aa ioture See 1. ' IS DCL.&,._EO: CLEARED BV ARRZ&T .... 0 EXCEPTIONALLY CL.EAR0 0 INACTIVE NOT CLIEAREO . . 0 BUPr-LEMENTAAY OP"F!:NSE AEfSOAT POLICE 0Er'.\RTME t1" . .' FlfRC..'-' ~OR .... H OA KU"fA Fargo, u. Dale. The bo boy 1tated ti;lat obj~ot ~ook ~t in_ a nort - ly dJ.~otion,_ It w.,a &,Oj._!.lg : --u-p -:rirst at about a So de angle and then arter it r;ot up a VltJY it went to the north eanerly direotio~ T~ez. atat:od thtlt the eot went out ~r 1iKht gui:ce fat!t, It did not ap'fAtar u tho 1 t went roal rut but u it got up a little higher it kept on getting b.:nr bli th. cojeot m1pt .be cd they .tated that it looked a tho it waa apprbxirnat~ly -a plain br!.;::: t li~ht. There no other oolor lights to th.! object except natural brie;h~ We went ou4; to ~-he !p at n a:n tho o tth -.. l!.te_ ~Mre_th~y_w -'lh.en t~-A.eYLthia 1 --o-=-bJiOt. -:.-. :;heoked out in the field to tho ea1t or 26th St. and south or the Milirau~e \ RR tracks. ~uite some area was oheobd bu to DO av:~-11 u ~twas ID&itil_hard.to_aee out it: the ares -~ ~her wcae -ot the pl ground catiokitlg out and small anew dr1.rta all and he ft!. d that he would oo~aot Orand Fork~t Air FoMe Base . . _ t:.e !.i .. Fo:-.~a would -lUce t.o. ch$ ~k o:a th 1a incident . Se-e S11ppl. th~ ~ail ba:r. tro111 Grand. Forks Air i'oroe Base. ibet.or Airport. waa O!llled uld be C!llled to see if Anderson reteranoe c:-~c~ed th area w}]ore t.\_o .obje_ot vr euppo,~::l] loc~ted end could not f'inq anst w::~::-~ s'!l object c~ h~;~ leded ot" been oloae t:: t :: e ~round. Mark Arndt C'ltne end THIS OFFENSE IS DEC_.;.::)~::;. UNFOUNDED LJ SIG INVEaTtGA~tNG or' c-=" CLEAREO BY ARREST EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAR EO 0 INACTIVF. NOT CLEARED 0 AFTER THREE ANO SEVEN OAYS ANO WEEKLY Tt 5aGNiftCANT DEVELOPMENTS, SUPPLEMIENTA .. Y 0,.,-ZN!tlt RCP'CU'T PO"-tCE DEri.RTMEN, F"ARu", I'':JA 'i"H DA .. , OTA bae.Oalld and tated tbt Colonl Jo~oD ot Pa o had oalled tbea tllgbta te~ tbe '1~ o~ tbS. lsh'ins aDd 'h wa none.Be bad no\ tb& base.Phone publ1c1t"'! on tng th1a 1nvaat1gat1on.Alao publicity ma7 aend aigbteeer' --to-tb s --~r.Lt That 1a,p Yld1ng wbicb IDJ b:sva bo~n--le:f't ~n tb(t -anowe tb~ra are an~ rka 1n the anow,tb1a waa a UFO.I roror 2/27/57 Cc:taoted Major Zajne:r aacl he will have --eoe1~ on ~Siii-; E. liilirson aD Irweatigator here tomorrow to THIS OFFENSE IS DECL.AREO: UNFOUNDED 0 SIGNED INYUTIGATINQ OFFICIE .. CLEARED BY ARREST EXCEPTIONALL. Y CL.EAREO 0 INACTIVE NOT CL.ItA .. ED 0 --THI!JFORM-ISUS-EDBY OFFICER A'sSiG_N_Eo-"fo'A-c"A5'fio-REPO'RT-PROG-fiEss--- AP TEA THREE AND SEVEN DAYS AND WEEKL. Y THEREAit'TER; ALSO TO RCPORT Sa~N.r'tCANT DEVELOPMENTS. APPROXIMAT LOCATION + OF OBJ CT WHEN FIRST SIGHTED \t POINT WHER PHOTO'S \ WERE TAKEN ALL LOCATIONS Aft'F llPf'I?O:x.tAIA 1 E POWER L/NLS TLPHONE LIN[S --CITY LIMITS (FARGO} ---ROUT OF TRAVEL INTeR STAT t TO AIRPORT ! + APPPOXtMAT LOCATION oF oBJECT WH11 FIRST : r WERE TAKEN FIRST SIGHTED PHOTO ANAL VSIS REPORT PAGE _.:_I - DATE OF' REPORT 2 9 M;l '/ 19 6 7 LOCATION FARGO I NORTH DAKOTA DATE 25 Feb 1967 PHOTOGRAPHY 1. PURPOSE: This report is in reply to Work Order Number 67-58 submitted by Major Quintanilla ?::.::T/UF 1 requesting photo analysis be accomplished on two photographs o: an "unident:.::ed object " to deten::ine what the object may be. The photographs were ~:: r.:::-. in the vicini:: of Fargo North Dakota. . 2 . A!'JALYSIS: The "unidentified object" appears on each of the referenced photograph~. C':. the first exposure the image appears as a white light near circular in shupe trace or tra ::: light emanating fro:-:1 its base. No other details are discernible. On : :-.: s~coi!~ exp:>s'..!:-e the image appea:-s only as a small white light and there are :-.: d~:~i:s :.!.s.:-:-:-7'.ible. The source's 2stimates of size (five feet in diameter) and distanc-2 (appro:xir;-,ate.iy 200 feet) are consistent with the photographic evidence iti-.e s ize a;:;::-2ciation cannot b2 :,btained due to the lack of necessary detail for obtc: ~:.::-:: a sccle :5ct::_1:. Although the pho : :>.;;raphy appears to be authentic, the "object" could:-.:: be ide:-.:i: :e::: ::-~:n the available e..-:.~ence. AMES R. sc::-..-iT Intelligenc-a Resea:-ch Specialis: APPROVED BY: WILUAM L. TURNER Chief I Photo Anal Br nch W tBER PRICE I JR. Photo Exploitation Dl vi ' '.iC.'.J'l'/UFO (1st Lt Narley /70916/mhs/30 Jun 67) ~\~le.Lence ,your t.r:identii'1c!d obcerva tio!l ~;f 2j Elebr:~ar.t 1]67 s~..40sequen t p~-:o ~o~r..lphs. .:.. ~n ci .L"i(!a ticn lt:; :los 1JOSSibl~ Si!~Ce only d. brid~C li;_;ht ls -,~sial~. t.;l-lo r~ 1~.. 'i11is odditional J11.fox-::tac-,lvn ~fC!tlJ. be fi::.ll ...llliily:; l3. :::1closed ::n :. o..-r orisinal pho ~:li,:'"..lphs. Ugon cct1pl.:!'tion