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Williston, North Dakota, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
Williston, North Dakota
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28 Feb 61 Williston,North Dakota 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local 2031 XGround-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT 010325Z Ai~Visual Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wos Astronomical yEwuS xYes NOT Probobly Astronomical ONo ReCaivED Civililn 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1hr 1 0. BRIEF sUMMARY OF SIGHTINGCircular, Size of nickelll. cOMMENTSObjt of this Sighting waS at arms length.White with red crest near topl pprobably planet Venus with associated NW az aprox l6° above horizon at appearance effects of atmospheric refraction.The and was watched for over an hour but was not direction of the planet and UFo at observed to d

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