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Case FileNARA NAID 28993555 · T1206 Roll 43

Project Blue Book Case File

Helena, MontanaJuly 1961

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Helena, Montana in July 1961. 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 43.

Reported location

Helena, Montana

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

MT / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
) DO Was Balloon
| RL NAY A968 Jll0lena, Montana wall ny Eien
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ER yy Ee |
: 4 0 Was Aircraft
| 0 Vv o) :
| LOOT inhibins mists sotitioonnisinnasis Ground- Visual Ground-Rodor L1% Probably Airceafy
CMT__22/00307 @ -Air- Visual O Air-Intarcept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical
: O Yes 0D Probobly Astronomical
. “3 No Military 0D Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOTTI ica acini iin
; 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
0 Unknown
Bo £ 7 minutes | two North
] 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Two round bright objs in trail three Obsvation prior to dusk, A/c on J-%0
: Kitites apart oharvd by B Ra with inbound to Billings, Rptd obj was :
i iY Ad WL LAY [3 = "= 5 SE ® a 4 J 1° J) & \o Aw . s Ld 3 Fg Brine » Wes os be r " MA PR | - a 3 #1 Nn ya or p 1 oe IA
i eve & sextant, 3-4 times as bright as 13-7 at Adige Initial ria pings |
i aatanllista Limo nf 4 yy = Ye Ne i Fl oht J=7 at avout wnitena 11 s AWO JET a/¢
i ! Ma LGA LALVE, 21Ze 0O f stax Ppa ve fl Uh addy i 1 Lily ht i § Pe | i;
| | e¢vraicl 2: lave: Pedant aliaeiaipida on this route enroute to Malstron
iI straight & level, Initiai obsvation
; Po. A a I A - NW YN * - RNAS ~ bo at Grea 7 Fal i G8 Mon I's ana Wwe TA ol ad 7
| 4 dgrs below moon moving rapidly at RET if Gentian Obi wii Ld
i Hyped 1 CaaS a AT _.|sent this configur: on. Chjs would
PEtinatod 20 dy glovation, into gum BC 00 0 a CE Was Sa
10 der =2lev 260dgr azimuth. Qbsvation Ere a ts ve Ma Byamg Nak Whe an
ed ET HE ey iri. renlity they were at greater alt
; throuch sextant did not reveal additiogal,, .° Fi RL Pg dd : Ga
5 : te ¢ //than 38,000ft moving North at
! Ta 1 BB ad = Y= fo) / oe 1 D7 i mor { 3 = oT he D&O 1 +
teat ares, A/c was heading 098dgr. : SNES dg bout same or greater speed than
. 440 knots, WX clear visibility unlimitfi.observers a/c.Case evaluated as a/f.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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