Richey, MontanaMay 1959

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Summary

In May 1959, someone near Richey, Montana reported finding strips of shiny material in a field that resembled aluminum. The material was forwarded to the U.S. Air Force for analysis.

The Air Force examined the sample and determined it was chaff, a radar-disrupting material that military aircraft drop during practice missions. In a letter dated June 24, 1959, Major Lawrence J. Tacker of the Air Force's Public Information Division explained the findings to the reporter. The chaff had been dropped by U.S. planes conducting a routine training exercise, the Air Force concluded.

The full case file, comprising 15 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Richey, Montana

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

MT / US

Page count

15 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Possitly Balloon

i TRV 5 0 Was Aircroft

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& Gil Trait SINT Dav on at a ta | 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar Ba Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 47 ; fis SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

8: 0 Yes HSC 1 Probably Astronomical

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i B No SPCiMEN | ivi 3 5 Po=sibly Astronomical
& 7. LENGTM OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RICOthRn BRT LE
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i a BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983211