Sighting record / 1966
Tuesday, 13 September 1966. About 7:30 in the morning. On a farm near Gwinner, North Dakota, 11-year-old Randy Rotenberger was waiting for the school bus. He saw flashing lights. He thought it might be an airplane. But it "didn't make the right kind of noise." Then the object became distinct. Silver. Like two bowls put together, with a clear bubble on top. It came almost straight down into the plowed field, 300 yards from the house. Randy ran inside and got his gun. Minutes later the thing went straight up and was gone. It left three pressed holes in a triangle. Project Blue Book filed it as Unidentified.
September 1966. Sargent County, North Dakota. The farm of Emanuel and Lydia Rotenberger lay near Gwinner. That is how the newspapers, the North Dakota Air National Guard and Project Blue Book named the place. NICAP and Brad Sparks's catalogue call it Stirum, a town about 11 km away. Same field. Same story.