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Grand Forks Bomber-Alert Area Two-Object Report
October 14, 1974, beginning about 9:09 p.m.Grand Forks AFB B-52 Bomber Alert Area, North Dakota, United States
Hastings reproduces an account submitted to J. Allen Hynek by an unnamed active-duty officer describing two large dark oval/saucer-like objects near Grand Forks AFB’s B-52 alert area, reportedly observed by security police, pilots and maintenance personnel, with radio static during the event. The objects were not reported over the WSA.
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“Hastings reproduces an account sent to J. Allen Hynek describing two large dark oval/saucer-like objects near the B-52 alert area, reportedly observed over several minutes by 14 Security Police, two military pilots and a maintenance supervisor.”
SRC-002102 · Grand Forks report submitted to J. Allen Hynek/CUFOS; uploaded PDF pages 354-356
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“Hastings notes the objects were seen near the B-52 Bomber Alert Area and were not reported to approach or hover over the nuclear Weapons Storage Area approximately half a mile east.”
“The reporting officer described moderate static/interference on security and other communications nets during the sighting, while Grand Forks International reportedly had no scheduled aircraft within roughly 150 miles and the base radar was out of service.”