Minot AFB: NORAD Tracks Uncorrelated Target Over Minuteman Missile Site, F-106s Scrambled
On March 5, 1967, NORAD radar tracked an uncorrelated target descending over a Minuteman missile site at Minot AFB, North Dakota. Strike teams sighted a metallic disc with bright flashing lights circling over the launch control facility. They chased the intruder until it stopped and hovered at 500 feet. Before F-106 Delta Dart jets could be scrambled, the ship climbed vertically and flew out of sight.
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North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) radar tracked an uncorrelated target descending over a Minuteman missile site at Minot AFB, North Dakota. Strike teams sighted a metallic disc with bright flashing lights slowly circling over the launch control facility.
They chased the intruder in armed trucks until it stopped and hovered at 500 feet. Before F-106 Delta Dart jets could be scrambled, the ship climbed vertically and flew out of sight.
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