USAF record 28991979 (1961)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 28 March 1961

2. LOCATION Mellette, South Dakota

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1845-2100 GMT 29/0045Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW: Ground-Visual] [HW: Ground-Radar] [HW: Air-Visual] [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [Yes] [No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 50 Min.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS N One

9. COURSE Other Unreliable.

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ltr to Secy of Defense asking for action against flying saucers that are shooting down our planes and killing our sons. Two jets were attacked by saucers S of their farm. Sees them all time, usually from 7:45 pm to 9:30 pm Tonight they were early no afterburner with jets afterburner attack on jets by saucers, jets threw in afterburner and escaped Observation of preceding evening with surveyors transit Also reported seeing atomic blast (mushroom cloud)

11. COMMENTS Witness probably saw something and distorted her impressions into above tale Duration of over one hour for the sightings earlier in month are probably re fraction of astronomical bodies Anything this lady sees in air and cannot identify as a known object is not reliable Mar 1 of Venus Mar 2 Insufficient Data Mar 10 Venus No reports of mushroom clouds; no reports from a/c were received.

ATIC FORM 375 (REV 26 SEP 53)