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Minot, Bismarck N. D., March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Minot, Bismarck N. D.
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 10 Mar 61 Minot, Bismarck N.D. 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Local. OGround-Rodar 口 Probobly Aireraft 11 0400Z Ai~Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical VeNiis aYes 口 Probobly Astronomical No Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Dota for Evalvation 口 Unknown 15min 1 Stationary 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGUnkmOWm light ObSerVed 11.coMMENTsProbably observation of Venus, 3-4 miles off runway at l,0oo'.Light changingwhich was veby low on horizon.Probable color fm white, green,yellow, red.Remained aistortion/tolocation and refraction in Reports from N.D. are in general a/c landing prightest objt up at this time.During

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