302543277.pdf

PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 30 August 65 31/0320Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Lake Melissa, Minnesota  |
|  3. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | Satellite (ECHO II)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 Minutes  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | Northerly  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Starlike object about as bright as VENUS observed near the North Star moving in a Northerly direction. Slow movement. Passed through 5 deg of arc…

30 AUG 65

December 17, 1965
Mrs Hunt/SAFOICC/72842/18 Dec 65

Dear Mr. [redacted]

This is in reply to your report of an aerial object which you were unable to identify on the night of August 30, 1965.

A check of the satellite schedules indicate that the object you observed was probably ECHO II which was passing over the area at 9:12 PM at 67 degrees elevation moving northeast on that date.

Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force.

Sincerely,

JOHN P. SPAULDING
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information

Mr. [redacted] [illegibl…

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

REPLY TO ATTN OF: TDEW/UFO
SUBJECT: UFO Sighting, 30 Aug 65
OCT 22 1965

TO: Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)
Wash D C 20330

Mr [redacted] of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, reported a UFO observation on the night of August 30 at about 9:20 pm CST. The object resembled a star comparable in magnitude to the planet Venus. Mr [redacted] stated that the object moved through about 5 degrees of arc in five minutes. The initial sighting…

SATE
HEADQUARTERS
BASE DETACHMENT
NORTH DAKOTA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Box 1155 State University Station
Fargo, North Dakota

REPLY TO ATTN OF TDDC 8 September 1965
SUBJECT Report of UFO Sightings

TO Foreign Technology Division
Air Force Systems Command
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

The enclosed letter from Mr. [redacted] is forwarded as a matter of possible interest to your division.

[Signature]
HOMER G. GOEBEL
Brig Gen, NDAKANG
Base Detachment Commander
Cy to: Lenher Schwerin

HEADQUARTERS
119th FIGHTER GROUP (AD)
AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES
P. O. BOX 355, STATE UNIVERSITY STATION
FAR…

WEST HELPERS DIST.
DETROIT LAKES, MINNESOTA
5401

September 1, 1965

Gesterlin Force Base
Fargo, North Dakota

Gentlemen:

Subject: UFO Sightings
Location: North shore, Lake Melissa

On the night of August 30, about 16:20 P.M. (9:20 CST) I was looking northward and had just located the No. 1 Star from Dij and noticed a bright object adjacent to the North Star and moving slowly northward. Its brightness was equal to that of Jones when full and, as to its speed, I estimate that it sublended an arc of about 5' in as many minutes before disappearing behind tall trees among which I stood. I judge t…