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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  8 November 1956 | Rapid City, South Dakota | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 09/0233Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept Rader | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☑ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION eight to ten seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SE to ESE ☐ Other ☐ Insuffi…

09/0233Z 19
APP-115 WPD183 YDA167 WFD128 UNACC1APAC41
MM RJUPGU RJEDEN RJEDUP RJEPHR
MR RJUPAP 31 TT Msg No
M 12222Z 1 Witness 13 Nov 56 10 28
RECEIVED 1956 NOV 13
File
84E4
34720
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FM COMDR 28TH BOMB UG HWY ELLSWORTH AFB SDAK
TO RJEDM/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJUPGU/COMDR 29TH AIR DIV WALNSTRON AFB MONT
RJEDUP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UPAFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE SR USAF WASH 25 D C
INFO RJEDM/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB MEDR
RJUPRH/COMDR 15 AF MARCH AFB CALIF
ST
/UNCLAS/BOI 23299 SUBJECT UFOB. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIR FORCE REGULATION
2-2, DTD 12 AUGUST 1954, THE FOLLOWING …

1. VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEEG: FASTER THAN ANY JET AIRCRAFT OBSERVED
EVER SAW

2.
A. CHANCE OBSERVATION
B. JUST ABOVE NORIZON APPROXIMATELY 202 DEGREES
C. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY (30) DEGREE ELEVATION; APPROXIMATELY 230 DEGREES
D. STRATIGHT AND LEVEL EXCEPT SHARP PULLUP AT END OF OBSERVATION; NO DECREASE IN SPEEG
E. STARTED SHARP CLIMB AND LIGHT SUDDENLY WENT OUT

3.
A. GROUND-VISUAL
B. NONE
C. NOT APPLICABLE

4.
A. 292333 NOVEMBER
B. NIGHT

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5. FORTY-FOUR DEGREES, ZERO TROUBLESHOPS, FIFTEEN SECONDS NORTH, THREE ONE HUNDRED AND THREE DEGREES, ELEVEN MINUTES, ZERO ZERO SECONDS WE…

D. YPA & EXPNDTW QPHPPP Z EXPNDPV QYMPPP Z EXPNDTV UPMPPP Z EXPNDTV
EPMPPP A EXPNDPV TPMPPP A EXPNDTV QPMPPP A NOT AVAILABLE.

C. UNLIMITED
D. GOOD
E. NONE
F. NONE

2. NEGATIVE
9. NONE
10. NONE
11. ACTING CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, WITH BOMBARDMENT WING. THE
OBSERVING OFFICER WAS RELUCTANT TO MAKE HIS REPORT FROM FEAR OF
RIDICULE. THIS EXPLAINS DELAY IN REPORT. THE OFFICER IS A NATURE,
UEVEL HEADED INDIVIDUAL WITH SIXTEEN YEARS SERVICE IN THE AIR
FORCE. HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE OBJECT OF HIS REPORT WAS NOT CAUSED
BY ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, AND THAT IT WAS NOT A METEOR. HIS DESCRIPTION
O…