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Ellsworth AFB UFO Incident

Event date: 1953 Aug 5
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Country: United States

Record summary

Multiple military and civilian witnesses observed unusual aerial objects near Ellsworth Air Force Base. Radar stations tracked the objects, and an F-84 fighter was scrambled. Edward Ruppelt, director of Project Blue Book, described this as 'the best UFO report in the Air Force files.'

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