| Form: 97NCP Date: Updated 9 Feb 2006 From: Francis Ridge, Coordinator Cat: 10 Distribution: NCP, CE, SHG, Media |
Nuclear Connection Project |
Richard Hall:
On March 5, 1967, Air Defense Command radar tracked an unidentified
target descending over the Minuteman missile silos of the 91st
Strategic
Missile Wing at Minot AFB, ND. Base security teams quickly converged on
the area and saw a metallic, disc-shaped craft ringed with bright,
flashing
lights moving slowly. The disc stopped and hovered about 500 feet
(150 meters) off the ground, as security police held their fire and
watched
in awe. Suddenly the object began moving again and circled directly
over
the launch control facility.
F-106 fighter-interceptors were standing by on the flight line,
waiting
impatiently for an order from NORAD to scramble. When the or order was
not
fortthcoming, base operations decided on their own to scramble the
interceptors.
At that moment the UFO climbed straight up and streaked away at
incredible
speed.