PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 28 March 1961 2. LOCATION Mellette, South Dakota 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1845-1910 GMT 29/0045Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XX Ground-Visual □ Air-Visual □ Ground-Radar □ Air-Intercept Radar 5. PHOTOS □ Yes XX No 6. SOURCE Civilian 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 50 Min. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS N One 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ltr to Secy of Defense asking for action against flying saucers that are shooting down out planes and killing our sons. Two jets were attacked by saucers S of her farm. Sees them all time, usually from 7:45 pm to 8:50 pm. Tonight they were early so encounter with jets. After supposed attack on jets by saucers, jets threw in afterburner and escaped. Observation of preceding evening with surveyors transit. Also reported seeing atomic blast (mushroom cloud) 11. COMMENTS Witness probably saw something and distorted her impressions into above tale. Duration of over one hour for the sightings earlier in month are probably refraction of astronomical bodies. Anything this lady sees in air and cannot identify is a saucer. Sightings include; Mar 1 of Venus, Mar 2 Insufficient Data Mar 10 Venus. No reports of mushroom clouds; no reports from a/c were received. 12. CONCLUSIONS □ Was Balloon □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Was Aircraft □ Probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircraft □ Was Astronomical □ Probably Astronomical □ Possibly Astronomical XX Other Unreliable □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation □ Unknown ATIC…