E-005308LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: rangeRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Ellsworth F-09 Missile-Site Light Reports
Mid-1970s; exact dates not suppliedEllsworth AFB Minuteman missile field, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States
Hastings recounts Bill and Martha Patterson’s reports of strange lights near Ellsworth Launch Facility F-09, including a silent brightly lit disc-like object, and a separate occasion when a missile-security strike-team leader reportedly said radar had detected an object above the LF. The surrounding cattle-mutilation discussion is not treated as proof of a common cause.
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“Hastings says the Pattersons repeatedly saw unusual lights near Ellsworth Launch Facility F-09 and that Bill Patterson on one occasion observed a bright silent disc-shaped object maneuvering after sunset.”
“On another occasion, a missile-security strike-team leader reportedly borrowed the Pattersons’ binoculars and said base radar had detected an object above the launch facility and the command post had sent his team to investigate.”
“Hastings discusses the F-09 sightings in a chapter about cattle mutilations and explores possible links, but the evidence presented does not establish that the aerial reports and animal deaths had a common cause.”