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Case FileNARA NAID 28962949 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Glendive, MontanaJuly 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Glendive, Montana in July 1955. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 23.

Reported location

Glendive, Montana

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

MT / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
4 .
) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Pat
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Jul 55 | lendive, Montana 0 Probably Bellon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION cd Winch foohoss
TT ER CHARON ESOT AS ROTI ARONA 8 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar a ie ig ABN
GM __25/0fxAR 07157 0 Air Visual Qa Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . & Was AstronomicalArcturus
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
0 No civilian DO Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION * NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE VN niin
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
n |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS |
Shaped like a star. Variable red, orange and | Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn out. All
green. Maeuvered vertically and horizontally | indications point to Arcturus setting at
from point of original sighting. Descended time of disappearance of obj at ax of
at end of sighting and appeared to land. 300 deg.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
BRR be i ea RR a is
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962949

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

GlendiveGlendive, MTMontana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-07-01

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