Basic Reporting Data and Format - The Minot AFB UFO case

Basic Reporting Data – Minot AFB, 24 Oct. 1968 8PAGE 3 RUWMADA6077 UNCLAS E F T OHORIZONTAL DOOR HAD BEEN UNSECURED AND LEFT OPEN AND THECOMBINATION LOCK DIAL HAD BEEN TURNED OFF ITS SETTING THUSTRIGGERING THE INNER ALARM. NO TRACKS, PRINTS, OR IMPRESSIONS WEREFOUND. (4) AT ONE POINT DURING THE GROUND SIGHTINGS, THE FIRST OBJECTWAS OBSERVED JOINED FOR A SHORT TIME BY A SECOND LIKE OBJECT. (5) INCOMPARING THE AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND TIMES CONTAINED ON THERAPCON TAPE RECORDINGS WITH THE BASE OPERATIONS DISPATCHER’S LOGOF GROUND OBSERVATIONS, IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE AND HIGHLY PROBABLETHAT THE INITIAL SIGHTING AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITIES OF THE OBJECTWERE IN FACT THE B-52 ACCOMPLISHING UPPER AIRWORK. LATER SIGHTINGSOF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND FLASHING GREEN AND WHITE LIGHTS ACCOMPANIEDBY A LOW JET ENGINE SOUND CORRELATES WITH THE B-52 MAKING A VORPENETRATION, LOW APPROACH AND MISSED APPROACH. PORTIONS OF THEMANEUVER ARE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHTS ON.THE HAZE AND LAYERED CLOUD CONDITIONS COULD HAVE DIFFUSED LIGHTSOURCES AND MADE IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULT. (6) FOUR OCCURRENCESTHAT CANNOT BE CORRELATED OR EXPLAINED AT THIS LEVEL ARE: (A) WHATCAUSED THE AIRCRAFT RADAR ECHO. (B) AIRCRAFT LOSS OF UHFTRANSMISSION. (C) THE CAUSE OR SOURCE OF VISUAL AIRCRAFT SIGHTING OFA BRIGHTLY LIGHTED OBJECT AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH A(6)AND A SIMULTANEOUS GROUND SIGHTING IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAMELOCATION. (D) THE OSCAR 7 ALARMS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TOCIRCUMSTANTIAL EFFORT OF PRANKSTERS, HOWEVER NO EVIDENCE OFTRESPASSERS WAS FOUND.BT8