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Case FileNARA NAID 29001631 · T1206 Roll 48

Project Blue Book Case File

Hamilton, MontanaJuly 1963

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 Hamilton, Montana in July 1963. The full case file (5 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 48.

Reported location

Hamilton, Montana

Date of incident

July 1963

State / country

MT / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
_ ih PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 55
; 1 TCT 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
( amilton, Montana 0 Was Ballon *
4 July 1963 H ? a] Probobly Balloon
~ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION E Ressiiy Saledn
] Local 232FM : 523 $ Ground-Visval O Greund-Rodar g PaaS
EE GMT 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS - SOURC DO Was Astronomical
E O Yes ; J O Probably Astronomical
} 1 No {vili O Possibly Astronomical
© | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other Satellite ECHO T
3 OD Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i not reported one easterly 0 Unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ba | 0 11. COMMENTS :
4 Observers looking at Moon and Stars. bserved t 3.55Z ECHO crossed the Equator heading
© [object that looked like star in flight. NE at 240 deg W (120 deg E) and would
§ |Compared object to ECHO. each it's orbital peak 26.2 min later
i ; bout 150 deg W (40 deg to the west of
C Montana. ECHO would be heading SE at the
- time of the sighting and visible toward
3 he West from the sighting position.
3 ase evaluated as ECHO I.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001631

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