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17 Mi S of Minot, North Dakota, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
17 Mi S of Minot, North Dakota
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 30 Noyembor 1957 17 Mi S of Minot, North Dako 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibiy Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aireraft Locol Ground-Visual XQ Ground-Rodar 口 Probobly Aircrof! GMT 30/10202 AirVisuol D Air-Intercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol aYes 口 Probably Astronomicol Military 口 Possibly Astronomical XDN 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Otherlossfaiso et 口 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20 seconds one 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Visual one inch blip on HRI,ciimbed It is concluded that possibility from 5,000 ft to 25,000 ft in 20 sec- object is a false target due to onds.Traveled lo0 miles in 2o seconds equipment malfunction rather than when it faded from HRl. an actual target caused the rptd radar paint. ATIC FOR

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