Ellsworth AFB Case
On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota.
On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota.
Brief
On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota. A Project Blue Book status report preserved in archival mirrors described combined ground-visual, air-visual, ground-radar, and air-radar elements, then carried the case as unsolved pending further study. The record confirms an Air Force investigation, not the nature of the target.
Metadata
- Date
- 1953-08-05
- Year
- 1953
- Location
- Rapid City / Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
- Region
- United States
- Status
- confirmed
- Tag
- foreign government record
- Primary
- Ellsworth AFB and Rapid City, South Dakota case directory
- Source type
- catalogue
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota.
- A Project Blue Book status report preserved in archival mirrors described combined ground-visual, air-visual, ground-radar, and air-radar elements, then carried the case as unsolved pending further study.
- The record confirms an Air Force investigation, not the nature of the target.
Most Interesting
- On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota.
- A Project Blue Book status report preserved in archival mirrors described combined ground-visual, air-visual, ground-radar, and air-radar elements, then carried the case as unsolved pending further study.
- The record confirms an Air Force investigation, not the nature of the target.
Timeline
- 1953-08-05 · Encounter
On August 5, 1953, a Ground Observer Corps report near Blackhawk and Ellsworth AFB led controllers to vector F-84 jets toward lights and radar returns near Rapid City, South Dakota.
- 1953 · Source record
Ellsworth AFB and Rapid City, South Dakota case directory is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- The Ellsworth AFB radar multiple visual case, 1953UFOs at Close Sight archive of Project Blue Book Status Report 12, 1953
- Ellsworth AFB and Rapid City, South Dakota case directoryNICAP / Project 1947, 1953
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