# July 19, 1952 — Williston, ND — Elliptical-Shaped

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**Category:** Blue Book Unknowns
**Created:** [July 18, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/july-19-1952-williston-nd-elliptical-shaped/260 "2025-07-18T23:03:45Z")
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### Author: ![jeffknox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@jeffknox](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/u/jeffknox)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/july-19-1952-williston-nd-elliptical-shaped/260/1 "2025-07-18T23:03:45Z")

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![07191952-WillistonND-BBCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/68ced93eba0e22818a385e0a7f527268a74a3aa9.jpeg)

July 19, 1952 — Williston, ND  
2:55 a.m. An experienced civilian pilot watches an elliptical-shaped object with a light fringe over Williston, North Dakota, for 5 minutes. It descends fast and makes a 360° then a 180° turn. [Eberhart]

Telex:

 ![07191952-WillistonND-BB-Telex-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/6a6ab4902d30cf617560bc834daa49fd0a4e5170.jpeg)  
 ![07191952-WillistonND-BB-Telex-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/daeb49685045f97a661e0c9f64990f9962ab1b5a.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 151;

 ![07191952-WillistonND-Sparks-Case691-p151](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/1b8f0de70cc005dc8b8f81e1b89f1ad74734d17d.png)

Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, June–July 20th, The Author, 1986, p. 67;

 ![07191952-WillistonND-Gross-p67](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/96ec2181bb2f85f7ba3f2907f3d544bfcfba49d8.png)

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### Author: ![Signal\_Hunters](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/uapdiscovery.discourse.group/signal_hunters/32/52_2.png) [@Signal\_Hunters](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/u/Signal_Hunters)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/july-19-1952-williston-nd-elliptical-shaped/260/2 "2025-07-21T00:59:20Z")

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This one Sounds GOOD. 360 with a 180 degree.. thats almost a figure 8 pattern before launching off. going out of sight would be taking off after those turns. its also reflecting light the object from the sun