UFO News Article: “ ‘I didn’t know what this thing was’ ”

24 October 2008

(Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota)

The Grand Forks Herald presents an interview with former U.S. Air Force Colonel Patrick D. McCaslin about the 24 October 1968 Minot Air Force Base UFO incident.

McCaslin was part of the B-52 bomber crew that sighted a UFO (radar/visual) over the base sometime after 3:00 a.m.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2082589-i-didnt-know-what-thing-was

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Colonel Patrick D. McCaslin, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)

(Sign Oral History Project photo)

This U.S. Air Force photo shows the B-52 radar screen on which a blip of the UFO appears (abovetopsecret.com photo)

Aerial view of Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

(wikimedia.org photo)

UFO News Article (Blog):
“Testing the limits of science”
by Billy Cox, 19 August 2011
(De Void, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida)

In this article, Billy Cox presents an interview with former U.S. Air Force Colonel Patrick D. McCaslin:

http://devoid.blogs.heraldtribune.com/12194/testing-the-limits-of-science/

McCaslin was part of the B-52 bomber crew that sighted a UFO (radar/visual) over Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota on 
24 October 1968 (sometime after 3:00 a.m.).

Quote from the article:
“McCaslin never actually saw the UFO. His eyes were fixed on a radar-screen blip that was being recorded by onboard cameras.”

McCaslin was a Captain at the time of the UFO incident.

Colonel Patrick D. McCaslin, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
(Sign Oral History Project photo)