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This US Air Force Project Blue Book file, hosted by the Sign Historical Group, centres on a 13 November 1968 letter from Lt Col Hector Quintanilla, Jr., chief of the Aerial Phenomena Branch, evaluating the 24 October 1968 UFO sightings at Minot AFB. It attributes the ground sightings to the star Sirius and a B-52, and the B-52 radar contact and radio loss possibly to a plasma. It also includes a sequence of events, witness summaries, star tables, an Eielson AFB case card and notes on autokinesis.
TDPT (UFO) 13 NOV 1968 UFO Observation, 24 October 1968 Special Security Office (SAC) 1. Reference SSO message 071540Z, with regards to evaluations of UFO reports from Minot AFB. The following conclusions have been reached after a thorough study of the data submitted to the Foreign Technology Division. The ground visual sightings appear to be of the star Sirius and the B-52 which was flying in the area. The B-52 radar contact and the temporary loss of UHF transmission could be attributed to a plasma similar to ball lightning. The air visual from the B-52 could be the star Vega which was on the horizon at the time, or it could be a light on the ground, or possibly a plasma. The physical violation of the lock of OSCAR 7 does not seem to be related to UFOs in any way. 2. No further investigation by the Foreign Technology Division is contemplated. For your information we are attaching a copy of the sequence of events, a resume of the sightings and a discussion of the background information. FOR THE COMMANDER /s/ HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate 3 Atch 1. Sequence of Events 2. Resume of Sightings 3. Discussion of Background w/3 Atch Cy to: USAF (SAFOICC) 862 Combat Support Group Minot AFB, North Dakota
Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 23 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.