PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. n.t.-:e:-TL'It!E GROUP 2. LOCATION 3/02002 if~lva, ~:est~ope, &. Bottineau, t,!orth Da~<ota r.mltiiJle 10, CONCLUSION l. Astro('venus ) 2 . Astro(Arcturus) i. NUl ~P.E R o= :JBJECTS .'>. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS l to 3 hours t:. i't'PE OF 0 3SERVATION 7. COU RSE Va~ious observer s w~tched a round shaped object in different ra.:-ts of the sky. One obs erver noticed a r~d glo\-t, green o i the edges, colored object tra v el fron the east to the \'rest. The object i n this cJse was in sight for over one hour ':":'1e o'oject did not disarpear but 'lias seen bp anothe r obs erver : western sky. Cn e observer followed the object for ~ =c;_:-ly 17 miles but could not c o.tch the object. A truck :.:-~,:::r WJ.tched a st a r lite object in the NE part of the sky. I:. Jefinitely appears that two different objects 1ttere r es- ; s~ble for the s i ghtings; one tra v eled across the sky in t e e hours while the other was seen only in the northeastern .::::7 . Th e firs t object is believed to h'lve been ~Tenus H~ile !i. PHOTCS 9. PHYSICAL EV::>:NCE : latter Arcturus . Previoue cil:bna of thl foraa --~ be uaed DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 1182ND COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (SAC) MINOT AIR FORCE BAS~, NORTH DAKOTA 51701 ATTN 0"1 BQ H:::J..gtc:-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 Ir: .::.=cor dance Hith :\.FR G0-17, the folloto1ing information is sub- Descripti on of the Object(s) Ball Shaped. .\ickle held at arms length. :-{eel G loH -Green Around Edges. b. Descriptio~ of course of object: (1) Objec: ::.ras first reported over Police Radio Net by All=:: ~-..LStofson, ?o:!..:!.: cman, Velva, North Dakota. Object sighted by s~: !.6 ) differ~:::: ~)eople and tras last reported seen by Marvin :: a 11, Nor::!: Dakota, Policeman. (3) Did no:: disappear; Has h eaded over horizon. (4) From East to West. (5) Did not s e e object disappear. Discontinued w~tching \vhe~l :Jcject \'las sighted by Policeman in Hohall, North Dakota. Peace ia our Profession (6) 1 Hour; FolloHed object for 17 miles Hest of Bottineau c. 'Hanner of observation: (1) Ground/visual. - . Tioe and date of sighting: (2) Night. ~. Bottineau, r:art:h D.:1kota to 17 miles \vest of Bottineau. . Identifying i~forrnation on observers: o1iceman, Vzlva NDak; ( t ~aau, NDak; ( , Policema oliceman, Uestb.~pe, NDak; (6) Heather and Bottineau, NDak; (2 Policeman, Bot- Farmer, Bot- Scatterei clouds about 2,000 feet. DIRECTION/VELOCITY (b) Ceiling: 2000 scattered to high scattered. Visibility: Fifteen (15) miles plus. (d) Amount of cloud cover: l .. /10 (f). No~ Available. .il. it d.C.. i. Checked Hit:, Control Tower, they could not sight object; .?..:-_.=-:oN Radar out ten~orarily; \.-leather Radar could not spot object; 3c:: =h Base Rada r could not spot object; no interceptor aircraft d:.s'Jatched j. l!o traffi c in ~rea. k. Hr , Bottineau, NDak, Sheriff, ~las contacted and h~3 narrative escription of events was as follows: lfuile at ho listening to his radio, h e heard policema n l\lle n Gustafoon, Velva , NDak, talking over Police Radio Net about a c: .~., He became interes :.ed, l-lent outs ide, and saH the object. He t:-::~ follo~:ed the obj ~::t: for one (1) n his car for about seven- ~ee~ (17) miles. Ee t heard ceman, }~hall, NDak, say he had picked up the object at returned to ~!r. truck driver and part-time policeman at ~o~a:l, NDak, was co acted by telephone. H~saw the object ove r L~c~.;~J..z. i.iDak afte:- ing alerted to Hatch f;r-1t""-inicr" Ponc-e-ffiidio ~et. n~ ~;~t:ched the obje.::~ for 3?~ hours. His observation is attached to t s r e?ort. He did ~ot see the object disa ear; it was lost in tlte st ~=s. Several othe = p~ople reported to shaving seen this o ::: a::d are lis:.~-:t o~ this report. An attempt \'Ins made to contact ~-!r. ll~:l Gustafso':"! ~).: Velva, NDak Hho first reporte d the object. He coulc not b e contac~ec by telephone. I have no re~son to doubt the i:lt:::z:-:!..:: of th.~se :.1.=~ in submitting these report s . Chc!.i'i.:0.r A. ShaH Jr., :..s .:1lso submit ted in accordance ~-1i th AFR 80-17. the above report. a . D~scription of tl1e Object(s) Shape : Disc shaped \-lith dome on top and bottom. Size: Was unable to tell the size; would not speculate. (3) Color: Intense lvhitc, green light on top o f dome uith red flashing light nt s everal placea on object. (4) Number: One (1). (6) Haze or mist surrounding and partially obscuring object Descriptio11 o~ course of object: (1) Received call on lookout for ooject. Police Radio Ne t from Bottineau, NDa k Spotted object N.E. of Mohall, NDak. Did no t cisappear; lost in stars . (t;) Noved l:~ :.~d dot-nl, s idelTay3, and at times stood on edge (5) Lost i~ t~c s t ars. (6) 3 l!ours 3: ~inutes. c . ~!anner of ob3:?:-vation: Grounc!/v:.sual. 6X30 B c~ulars. : e a nd da~2 of sichting: -; Night: e.. ::chall, North Dakota \'lith object N. E. of Hohall, North Dakota . f . !jentifying information on observer: part-tir::a e 37, Hohall, NDak, truck drive r and g . He athe r and uinds: See above report, See above r e por-t . IFP2J ICK B, GERV~IS, Lt Col, USAl~ Chi~:, Operations Division