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Case FileNARA NAID 28985498 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Kalispell, MontanaDecember 1959

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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 Kalispell, Montana in December 1959. 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 37.

Reported location

Kalispell, Montana

Date of incident

December 1959

State / country

MT / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION EN a aNGLAIRIONS
} 0 Yous Balloon
I: eo ibee 59 00 {Kalispell Monteaw Bd aenuy, Belioon
p 3. DATE-TIWE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION =. peesiny belioon
i ; RYT . s 0 Was Aircraft
| 3 KE [AE RA So ea HC CORRES 2 Ground-Visual (0 Ground-Radar QX Probably Aircraft
i cMT_01/23152 0 Air Visual 00 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
; 5, PHOTOS 6. SOURCE DO Wes Astronomical
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A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; Tn
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985498

Connected across the archive

Craft and vessels

B-52

Places

Kalispell, MTMontana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-12-01

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