Livingston, MontanaAugust 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 1, 1957, near Livingston, Montana, the crew of a Ringbolt 54 B-47 aircraft flying at 37,000 feet reported sighting a long green flame coming from some object at 33,000 feet. The object was observed flying over Livingston at 9:40 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. There was no visual trace of the aircraft in daylight. At the time of the sighting, cloud conditions were thick, weather was dry with a slight breeze, and temperature was warm. The Air Force evaluation listed the conclusion as unknown.

Reported location

Livingston, Montana

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

MT / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 August 1957
2. LOCATION: Livingston, Montana
12. CONCLUSIONS
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 2140, GMT 02/0410Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, X-Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. SOURCE: Military
6. [illegible]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unknown
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: A long green flame coming from some object at 33,000 feet.
11. COMMENTS: Characteristic of a meteor sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Meteor, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970975