Conrad, MontanaMarch 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On March 31, 1953, at about 1355 (1:55 p.m.) Mountain time, civilians reported an object near Conrad, Montana. The report reached the 26th Air Division. The witnesses, a family, watched from a ground observer post.

The object was round, very large, and bright white. When moving it had a tail sticking out, and when stopped it was round. It made no sound and traveled very slowly. It was about 35 to 40 miles west of the observers. It dropped straight down, moved left to right several times, then went due west, dropped lower, and disappeared.

The sky was clear with very few clouds. A nearby radar site was alerted with negative results. The Air Force noted the planet Venus was very bright and low on the horizon at that time and that the observers said the object moved very slowly. The Air Force concluded the cause was astronomical, the planet Venus.

Reported location

Conrad, Montana

Date of incident

March 1953

State / country

MT / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

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