USAF record 302555731
302555731
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 13 Sep.. 66 13152
2. LOCATION Gwinner, North Dakota one witness
3. SOURCE Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual Tx
7. COURSE NW
8. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [X] Yes [ ] No
10. CONCLUSION Unidentified [HW:]
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer noted elliptical shaped object with a glass bubble protruding from the top. The object was silvery gray in color and appeared to hover before departing toward the northwest. The observer said he could hear a low pitched whine at one time.
There was evidence present in the form of depressions in the ground. The surrounding area showed no effects of heat and no evidence of high velocity wind blast. One of the investigating officials said that it looked like someone had jumped up and down on a bowling ball.
FORM FTD 48-5-2 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 13 Sep.. 66 13152 2. LOCATION Gwinner, North Dakota one witness 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes 6. TYPE OF…
- Page 2 13 Sept 66 [HW:] Gwinner, South Dakota TDSTR /Maj H Quintanilla, Jr/70916/mhs/21 Oct 66 Request for Information on Power Outage [REDACTED] Electric Company Gwinner, North Dakota 58040 OCT 24 1966 The…
- Page 3 FTD (TDMFR) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 7 November 1966 [REDACTED], North Dakota 58040 Dear Mr. [REDACTED], Reference your unidentified observation of 13 September 1966. The information which we…
- Page 4 U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that…
- Page 5 Page 2 8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? B.1 STARS (Circle One): a. None b. A few c. Many d. Don't remember 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright…
- Page 6 Page 3 14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? [HW: yes by speed] 15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yes No Don't…
- Page 7 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes No IF YOU answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? [REDACTED] 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from…
- Page 8 Page 3 14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? [HW: yes When it was going it went so fast it disappeared] 15. Did the object move behind something at any time,…
- Page 9 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes No IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? [HW: about speed of light] 21. Do you think you can estimate…
- Page 10 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on…