USAF Minot AFB ground radar tracked unidentified object correlated with orange glow and radioed it to the attention of the USAF crew of B-52H bomber (call sign JAG 31) on a 290° heading at 2,000 feet as a UFO target at one o'clock position to the northwest at 24 miles, then 15 miles at 3:35 a.m. At 3:52 a.m, Minot radioed the B-52H that base weather radar was also tracking target now at one o'clock position and three miles from the B-52H. At 3:58 Minot requested IFF transponder identification from the B-52H and the B-52H radio transmitter failed for four minutes. B-52H crew saw and radar tracked bright red-orange object (?) at nine o'clock position at 35 miles then 1.25-1.5 miles, traveling at 3,000 mph (?). UFO landing for 45 minutes at location "AA-43." UFO sightings at Minuteman ICBM nuclear missile sites north, O, J (?), and meters Flights, 91st Strategic Missile Wing, including strange EM effects such as security alarms activated at outer and inner rings around silos, outer (silo?) door opened and combination lock of inner door moved. Witnesses included Maj. Bradford Runyon, Capt. Robert Salas, Staff Sergeant Bond, Staff Sergeant Smith, et al.

One orange ball was observed by 16 military witnesses near a missile for four hours.

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