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PCF-045928 · case file

STIRUM, ND, US

09/13/1966 · STIRUM, ND, US · 1 witness

The record

Catena 2. Ground marks.

Characteristics
Shape
DomeDisc
Sound
HiPitch
Weather
Thunderstorm
Size
5.0
Local time
2300.0
Theme
unusual_shapes
From the source record
County
Sargent
# of objects
1
Witness count
1
Other sources
TPhillips1
Reported location (raw)
STIRUM, ND, US
Source records · 3

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

UFOCATU-8226818 fields
Date
09/13/1966
Color
Multi
Shape
DomeDisc
Sound
HiPitch
County
Sargent
Weather
Thunderstorm
Incident
Catena 2. Ground marks.
Location
STIRUM
Time Local
2300.0
Size Meters
5.0
# of Objects
1
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-82268
Other sources
TPhillips1
State or Prov
ND
Witness Count
1
Original Location
STIRUM, ND, US
Duration (Minutes)
F
UFOCATU-6437616 fields
Date
09/13/1966
Color
Multi
Shape
DomeDisc
Sound
HiPitch
County
Sargent
Incident
Catena 2. Ground marks.
Location
STIRUM
Time Local
2300.0
Size Meters
5.0
# of Objects
1
Country Code
US
Catalog Entry
U-64376
Other sources
TPhillips
State or Prov
ND
Witness Count
1
Original Location
STIRUM, ND, US
BLUEBOOK-DOCBLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:104923 fields
city
Stirum
date
1966-09-13
site
field
shape
elliptical [or disk-shaped] with clear bubble dome on top
sound
low-pitched whine
state
North Dakota
country
USA
date_raw
Sept. 13, 1966
incident
Rotenberger, 11, saw a silvery-grey elliptical [or disk-shaped] object with a clear bubble dome on top, tripod landing gear, 2 red lights, 2 white lights, 1 green light, hover about 1 mile away, then land within 900 ft making a low-pitched whine and taking off so fast it just "vanished." USAF Lt. Col. and a Gwinner, ND, businessman investigated, found compact landing indentations 7 inches deep and radiation level 100 microroentgens/hr (5-10x background level).
time_local
7:30 a.m.
trajectory
hovered 1 mile away, landed within 900 ft, took off so fast it vanished
case_source
BLUEBOOK
time_of_day
Day
source_quote
Rotenberger, 11, saw a silvery-grey elliptical [or disk-shaped] object with a clear bubble dome on top, tripod landing gear... found compact landing indentations 7 inches deep and radiation level 100 microroentgens/hr
catalog_entry
BLUEBOOK-DOC:9a43d631:1049
ground_traces
compact landing indentations 7 inches deep; radiation level 100 microroentgens/hr
location_text
Stirum, North Dakota
witness_count
1
photo_or_video
photos ?
source_doc_sha
9a43d631b4fef701b0eca48a6a4341610f3d1de7281b7a5bd94eb1429136df30
light_emissions
2 red lights, 2 white lights, 1 green light
witness_sex_age
Rotenberger, 11
witness_reactions
USAF Lt. Col. and businessman investigated
Sources
  • BLUEBOOK-DOC
    BLUEBOOK-DOC
  • UFOCAT
    UFOCAT
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