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Minot Missile-Field Radar/Visual Disc Report

March 5, 1967Minot Air Force Base missile fields, North Dakota, United States

Hall reports Air Defense Command radar tracking a target descending over Minuteman facilities while security personnel visually observed a metallic disc with flashing lights hovering low and circling a launch-control facility before a rapid vertical departure.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
Claims are displayed with the source wording, locator, relationship and verification state. Competing claims remain separate rather than being averaged into a single answer.
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-951007reported
“Hall reports Air Defense Command radar tracking an unidentified target descending over Minuteman silos while security teams saw a metallic disc ringed with bright flashing lights hover roughly 500 feet above the ground.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · March 5, 1967 Minot missile-field radar/visual case; uploaded PDF pp. 95-95
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CLAIM-951008reported
“When base operations moved to scramble F-106 interceptors, Hall says the object climbed straight up and departed at very high apparent speed.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Minot planned F-106 scramble and vertical departure; uploaded PDF pp. 95-96
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Hall Volume II Military-Witness Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-951001reported
“Hall says military UFO reports were continuous during the Blue Book era and that after the public project ended, reporting became more fragmented, restricted, or difficult to access.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Military reporting context and post-Blue Book visibility; uploaded PDF pp. 88-128 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Military-Witness Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Interpretation

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CLAIM-951002reported
“Hall groups restricted-area incursions, interceptor pursuits, radar-visual cases and weapons-site events as especially significant because the witnesses and systems were tasked with air defense or security.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Military witness and security/radar case framing; uploaded PDF pp. 88-128 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Minot Missile-Field Radar/Visual Disc Report (March 5, 1967): Evidence Dossier & Witness Reports | ANOMALY | ANOMALY UAP Archive & Controlled Vocabulary