Miles Coty, MontanaDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 11, 1957, a witness near Miles City, Montana reported an object that resembled a star, about the size of a dime, white and brilliant. The estimated speed was about 1,000 miles per hour, with no clear change in altitude. The object decreased in size with a smooth side-to-side shifting until it faded. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that this was probably a high-speed aircraft flying at high altitude.

Reported location

Miles Coty, Montana

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

MT / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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aid ey PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD and
1. DATE ’ LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
Montana DO Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
| toed | xRGrund-Viewl O Ground-Radar eae
GMT 11/ 15402 O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS J RC : O Was Astronomical
1 0 VYes O Probably Astronomical
XR No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOE casita RN
-. {neptfistent Data for Evaluation : i
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3 minutes one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : |
Object resembled a star, size of Probably a high speed a/c
dime, white brilliant, Estimated spee flying at a high altitude,
of 1000 MPH, No apparent altitude .
change, Decreased in size with a smooth
shifting from side to side until it
disappeared, ;
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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