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CaseCigar1966

Minot AFB, ND, USA

A cigar-shaped object was reported near Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, in September 1966, with witnesses linking the sighting to ten Minuteman missiles reportedly taken off alert.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (184 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1966-09-15
Where
Minot AFB, ND, USA
Shape
Cigar
Duration
—
Geo
48.421, -101.339 · exact
Slug
cigar-over-minot-afb-nd-1966-9b674c
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Wave

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  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

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In context

  • Minot AFB, ND has 3 sightings on file here.
  • 1966 brought 1 reports from North Dakota.
  • The 1960s skewed 7% cigar reports; the archive-wide figure is 2.5%.

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