Montana, May 1962May 1962

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Summary

On May 28, 1962, crews of several aircraft flying over the northwestern United States, especially Montana, reported an object at about 0358Z to 0546Z. The object was reported by airline flights and a C-135 crew.

The object was a bright white light. It was seen high on the horizon, moving from north to south at very high speed. Some crews reported it appeared to be burning, with burning pieces falling off, and some thought they saw navigation lights. One report described it as round and large. It left no clear trail or exhaust and made no sound. It disappeared quickly. Reports were relayed through an FAA controller in Miles City, Montana.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Officials noted a large plastic balloon was loose near Sheridan, Wyoming, but said reported speeds did not match known winds. The Air Force concluded the object had all the characteristics of a fireball class meteor, noting no satellite re-entry occurred on that date.

Reported location

Montana, May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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4 Pept 2 —— Are. 7. Se et eA elit ete et ol le ee A A A re AB re A er a pet. te Sm ee me ns
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i a FN oy 2 Was Bolloon
5 May 1902 Montana 1 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1 TYPZ OF OBSZRYATION : M EORIIEY. Retisen
thea 28/9050 o i 0 Wes Alveraf?
; co see eee Ground-Yisual 3 Ground-Radar O Probably Alrerefs
4 GMT et ae EC 3 Ai~Visual OT Aireintarcest Rodor 0 Possibly Airerafr
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE of Was Astronomical {Leica
18 0 Yas 1 Prohobly Astronemical
I EE 2 ‘ IY
F £2 Ne Military and Civilian 3 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF DASZRYATION 8. NUMBER OF ORJECTS | 9. COURSE [®] Other_totaor
= 0 Insuiticiant Dots for Evaluation
. N / 0 Unknown
- SERENE Br LEE We NTE A ARTSY [SORE Fe Soe Sol) [SCT [st SIN SAR SLE CR I CNEL SRS oh =
3 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Crew Members .of many aircraft flying in NW Object possesses all characteristics
3 rated States, particularly Montana, sighted of class of meteor known as a fireball.
1 UFO on 28 May 62. Object was described as a | There was no re-entry of a Satellite
: wnite, bright light. With no trail or ex- on this date which could have been
haust. Object was observed to be traveling responsible for this incident. It
: fm N to S at high elevation. Object was ob- is concluded that this object was a
E served to be breaking up 2nd one witness meteor of the fireball class.
a indicated possibility of navigation light.
3 Cb ject disappeared instantly.
E ATIC PORM 329 (REV 256 SEP 52)
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