Havre AFS, Havre, MontanaSeptember 1957

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On September 23, 1957, at 9:40 p.m., a military observer at Havre Air Force Station in Montana sighted a round object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object moved from 15 degrees elevation down to 10 degrees elevation during an azimuth heading of 265 to 270 degrees and displayed irregular motion with inversion. The sighting lasted 45 minutes. No ephemeris data for Venus, Jupiter, or bright stars matched the observation. The Air Force determined the case was astronomical in nature, likely a star or planet.

Reported location

Havre AFS, Havre, Montana

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

MT / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
23 September 1957               Havre AFS, Havre, Montana      [] Was Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP                                              [X] Probably Balloon
   .Local 23/2140 N             4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [] Possibly Balloon
   GMT 24/0440Z                 [X] Ground-Visuel    [] Ground-Radar
5. PHOTOS                        [] Air-Visuel        [] Air-Intercept Radar    [] Was Aircraft
   [] Yes                                                        [] Probably Aircraft
   [X] No                        6. SOURCE                      [] Possibly Aircraft
                                Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS          9. COURSE              [X] Was Astronomical Star
45 minutes                       one                            irregular              [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                motion                 [] Possibly Astronomical
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS                   
A round object, the size of a pea held   Object moved from 15 dgr elevation
at arm's length, was sighted in Havre     down to 10 dgr elevation at head-
AFS vicinity, was brighter than a star    ing of 265-270 dgr azimuth. Antares
and had an irregular motion. Inversion     just set prior to sighting. No
present.                                   ephimerus. Venus or Jupiter in
                                           ecliptic at 17-19? Inversion.
                                           Case considered as astro.(star or
                                           planet.)

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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