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attached is forwarded as ter of interest to your headquarters.
2. Capt BRYNILDSEN of the 15th OSI District, advised this head-
quarters on October 1950 that Mr.M had been approached
by representatives of Life Magazine, Movietone News and True Magazine
all of whom requested subject filn.
3. OST records requ est ed
that you furnish to the undersign ation as t disposition
is made in this matter.
1 1 Incl Incl JAMES F. X. O'CONNELL
n/c Lt Colonel, USAF
District Commander
CONTROL lstInd DECIMAL. N
This 1
Unconventional Aircraft
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RECORDinG DATE
DESK 3XD.1 REcorded10-12-50 HOur 11m 10-19-50
ROUTED TO SUSPENSE DATE ESTA3LISHED BY (INITIALS) DATE
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REPLY OTHER DISPOSITION: TRANSMITTAL
HAMC F22 NOV 473 F0RY NO. 10-2A
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FOR REMARKS AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
AFTER 12 YEARS.
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SUBJEC 0E0 2 8 1950
TO: Director of Intelligence 15ny50
Abtni Evaluation Division
Headquarters USAF Technical Capabilities Branch Guet Meat
Washir 25, D.C.
ATIC A
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The warded in accordance with
OnLV/TO telecon, TT-743-AM, CSAP em 9, dated 21 November 1950,
dealing with the unidentified cjeots reported from Great Falls, Montana.
FOR TH EMADING FRAL1
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- . on this incident.
3. Your this additional request is
earnestly solicited. In addition, notification of preliminary results
or both analyses at the earliest opportunity would be appreciated.
Such preliainary data may allow us to complate some of the pending
action on these filns results.
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pernit us to borrow your original movi A for study and up-
lication. In so do you would be ing us a great
service.
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We will an Air Porce
Base contact and, should you consider
be wiil obt-in the moyies and gize
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frames belongs at the end of the footage having a deep blue background and no
sound track. The last frame of this loose portion is mediately adjacent to
the splice wit
waueste that the stripped spr holes
in the loose portion of the original be repaired to make it this
part along with the remainder of the filn without malfunction.
40 Utmost should be exarcioed in processing this Purther
daraze. ' as possible
prior to nmnlioation cuplication.
the film referred Willllia
e RURTON BR
1 Inel Major, USAR
Roll of Pllm Chiaf, sing Branch
Diosemir ont Division
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DOD DIR 5200.10
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Capt Stidd
Maj Grinyer
Asatced: 24oct 1450

frame of this loose p portion is immediately adjacent to splice with
the broken frame having the sound track.
6. Can the stripped sprocket holes - the original .
(see 5) be repaired in any way - sufficiently to make it possible - e to
run this part along with the remain of film without malfunction?
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yith for raturn to the owner. 4
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2. Apersopa) exorgaxina t1on
the tiae that tho fila io roturned. copy is inoluded for your
files.
3. Lonr sooper
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them until suoh time as axhaustive analysis prov with tho
thanke tor
hono

ecessary information for this analysis furnished
who will soon release a do film
on UFO's.
Green-Rouse Studios have requested of the present be
made available to them by April your cormand has no ob-
jection to the release of our analysis or sections thereof, we are
quite willing, in view of their full the de-
sired copies. would be greatly appreciate your approval or
Sincerely,
ilen
A.CM.Rochlen
Vice President
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WBK:3C
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JWPQG/CO GREATFALLS S AFB MONT UNCLA 150
INFO JEDWP/CHIEF ATIC WP AFB OHIO 1
QIN-2 50072 ATTN CLN BASE INTELL
OFFICER. DESIRE TO KNOW IF IS STILL A RESIDENT
OF GREAT FALLS AND CMA IF SO CMA HIS ADDRESS CMA TELEPHONE NUMBER
AND PRESENT EMPLOYMENT. INQUIRY MUST BE DISCREET AND PREFERABLY
VITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. FOR YOUR INFO CMA M EM OBTAINED ABOUT 15
FEET OF 16 MM KODACROME MOVIES OF 2 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS -
OVER GREATFALLS ON 15 AUG 50. AT THE TIME RESIDED A
GREAT FALLS AND WAS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
L AS A SPORTS REPORTER AND COMMENTATOR.
HIS SECRETARY ALSO WITNESSED SIGHTING AND MAY KNOW HIS PRESENT
WHEREABOUTS IF NOT RESIDING LOCALLY. SHE IS MISS s .
THEN RESIDING 1 IN GREAT FALLS. PONSE
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17/1752Z 0CT JEPHQ 100ct

London, 1912.
(10) Menzel, D. H., "Flying Saucers", Harve -
(11) Mees, C ess",
Revised Edition, MacMillan Co., N

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DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Sep (Info) Korea (Lorenzen) Military Air :
Sep Guam Other (Psychological)
12- Ernest Harmon AFB, Nfndld (RADAR) InsufficientData
1 Munivak Island, Alaska Astro (Ref of Setting Sun
Spokane, Washington UNIDENTIFIED
mm Spokane, Washington Astro (Meteor)
8 Spokane, Washington Astro (Meteor)
11 Adak, Alaska (PHOTO) Other (Lens Flare)
13 Effingham, Illinois A/C
16 Nashville, Tennessee Multi Other (Contrails)
17 Tatum, N Mexico Astro (Ref
Roswell, N Mexico A/C
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Balloon
Poplar Bluff, Missouri Gd & Air Vis (James) Balloon
(Info) Ky (Newsclipping) Meteorite recovery
99 Carson Colorado "Reliable Observer" UNIDENTIFIED
Denver, Colorado Military Air Astro (Meteor)
Provincetown, ,Mass Ground RADAR) UNIDENTIFIED .
. Mt Palomar, Calif A/C
Birmingham, Ala Astro (Star/Planet)
29 Sandia Base, N Mexico Astro Meteor)
30 (In iladelphia, Pa (Bessor)
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OCTOBER 1950 SIGETINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATION
Oct Northern Rhodesia Astro (Meteor)
7 -Kauai, D Hawaii A A Astro (Meteor)
10 New Orleans, La Balloon
10 -New Orleans, La Insufficient Data
11 . Lark River, Utah Astro (Meteor)
12-16 nnessee (RADAR)
20 New URNED eepoer A/C
TO CRIGIN SATOR Astro (Star/Planet)
21 Warrenton, N Carolina
23 Bonlee, N Carolina UNIDENTIFIED
328 -Cuba Astro (meteor) Camera
-Genessee Mountain, PHOTO) Other: 1) Light Leak in/C
NOT 34 2) Poor Process
3) Foreign Matter
# Adhering to Negative.
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BEGIN A **JITTERING.** 00 MOTION** MY FIRST
COURSE,.WAS..TOSHOOT.I READIED M WHICH AUTOMATICA THE GUN
CAMERAS. WHEN I READIED GUNS HOWEVER THE RADAR HAYWIRE THE
SCREEN_**SLOOMED**_AND BECAME VERY_BRIGHT ITRIED TO _BRIGHTNESS
BY TURNING DOWN THE SENSITI THIS HAD EALIZEO MY RADAR
HAD BEENJAMMED.'AND WAS USELESS THEN CALLED THE CARRIER CODE
NAME. SAID THE CODE NAME TWICE RECEIVER WAS OUT BY
STRANGE.BUZZING. NOISE TRIED TWO OTHER. FREQUENCIES, BUT COULDN-T  GET
THROUGH. EACH TIME SW ItChed FREQUENCIES THE BAND WAS CLEAR MENT,
THENTHEBUZZING BEGAN.
*WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON THE 08JECTS WERE STILL JITTERING OUT THERE AHEAD
OF...US_MAINTAINING_ OURSPEED ABOUT THE TIME I GAVE UP TRYING TO RADIO THE
THEM THEY WERE SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE A
PORTS FROM WHICH EMANATED A COPPER-GREEN COLORED LIGHT WHICH GRADUALLY SHIFTED
TO PALE PASTEL-COLORED LIGHTS AND BACK·TO COPPER-GREEN AGAIN. ABOVE THE
PORTS WAS A SHIMMERING RED RING WHICH ENCIRCLED THE TOP PORTION
WHEN THE THINGS MANEUVERED ABOVE US, WE SAW THE BOTTOMS OF THEM IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE UNDERSIDE WAS A CIRCULAR AREA, COAL BLACK AND NON-REFLECTIVE.
IT WAS SIMPLY INKY BLACK, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AL THOUGH THE WHOLE
0BJECT **JITTERED* WHILE MANEUVERING THE BLACK CIRCULAR PORTION ON THE
BOTTOM WAS STEADY AND SHOWED NO INDICATION OF MOVEMENT**
WHEN THE OBJECTS SEEMINGLY FINISHED ThEIR INSPECTION OF THE NAVY PLANES
THEY TOOK OFF IN THE SAME FROM 20
AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

of 2919
First Avenue North, ntani. enerl nager
of th
2. lr. maca picty 1 15 4ueust. 1o5 tween
the hours of 1l:25 Great Palls. Ibntena, on
interview, he stated first sighted the objects standing
Eleventh
from the point at
which Mr. Mariana stood tower is
eventy-five feet height.
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DOD DIR 5200.10 YEARS.
CANTIDA
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erest in angthing which would .
contribute to its fund of technical data.
1 Incl, JOHN P. BRYNIIPSEN.
Swmnary of Information Captain, USAFO
per provision of Air District Commander
Intelligence Requirements
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 Y
UNCLAS.. DOD DIR 6200.10
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the camera t to left.
2. A further chack. erations, Great
hat an
DOD DIR 5200.10
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UNCLASSIIE
ILONEIDENHAET

flight in objects
about threg-ouarters of the wing span of a C-5h and a depth
of about one-thi when viewed from the
side.
9. Direction of flight: Obiects direction.
10. Lovements horizontal but
slightly errati s to speed.
11. No evidence of exhaust.
b. No rotor observed.
c. aerodynamic vanes observed.
d. risibls exhaust or
16. $a$ to fins observed.
b. ic
J7. Fo air duots observed.
M. ipeed estimated by observer to be aporoxims tely two hundred moh.
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
3 DOD DIR 5200.10
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ventional airgre light, he y am
s. as trawn to o5je0
glint licht.
2. "itnesses: Liss 2
emoloyed as cretary. Miss
boing a fai individual ond judgment. Miss
Ceervar, V. i.
the stated thot:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
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6000 feet, 250 degrees, 41 miles per hour
7000 feet, 250 degrees, miles per hour
6000 feet, 250 degrees, 35 miles per hour
9000 feet, 260 degrees, miles oer hour
10,000 feet. 260 degrees, 21 miles per hour
12,000 feet, 260 degrees, miles per hour
14,000 feet, 260 degrees, miles per hour
16,000 feet, 250 degrees, niles oer hour
18,000 feet, 260 degrees, miles per hour
a 20,000 feet, 260 degrees, per hour
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FROM M CLN AFOI 50862 REF YOUR MSG GFOPP-10-
1027 DT WE HAVE ITTN PERSONAL LETTER TO MR.
OBJECTS TAKN 15 AUG 50 OVER GRET FALLS SINCEOUR- COPY THIS FILM-
WAS INADVERTENLY LOST AND WE NOW EQUIR IT FOR COMPARISON WITH
RECENT MOVIES AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS. INFORMED HIM THAT AN OFFICER
YOUR BASE WOULD CONTACT T HIM PERONALLY AND GIVE HIM LOAN RECEIPT
AFOIN-2A2.
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TO HQ USAF UNCLASSIFIED
/ GFOIN-10-2515 ATTN AFOIN-2A2. URMSG AFOIN-2A2.
FOL FACTS ESTB RESULT SUBJ INTERVIEW 28 OCT 52 MAT
LEGION PARK, GRET FALLS MONT: FILM HAS BEEN SHONN CIVIC S LEGION PARK, GRET FALLS MONT: FILM HAS BEEN SHOWN CIVIC SPORTS CLUES PORTS CLUES
BE MR  R FILM ORIG LENT AF, OSI OFF DTD NOT ISSUE
SERVERAL NEVSMEN, SPLICING OF PROFESSTONAL NATURE, COMMENTATOR (
UNCED THOSE CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN FLY OBJ- ART CAUSED INCED THOSE CLAIMING TO HAVE SEEN FLY OBJ: ART CAUSED
OF 9 OF 14 RAD STA AS SPONSORS FOR SPORTCASTS. MR OF I4 RAD STA AS SI - PONSORS FOR
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FOL CON THER
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U.S. Navy.. No information concerning their findings was released, but
Mr..Al Chop with DAC Public Relations) analysis was
considered inconclusive, that according Caot. Edward uppelt, then
head of ATI C's Project .it that the objects shown on the
film could not have beel balloons. The captain recalled that the government
first examined the filn in lo5o, then returned it again
borrowed i
from wham a I 16mm and later a 35uum reprint were borrcwed for examination
and analysis in our Data Reduction Department by routine Iconolog techniques.
(Tnis dction ves undertaken becnuse this fi is one of the very few existing
1 severel quarters Guch analysis was recommended by ATIC personnel in 1)50
but not actually carried out.
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by him and erspective). Apparent
motion of t objects, under these hen interpreted in terns
of angular velocity tracking. e 35rm film was
utilized in preparatic ure 5(a).
more nccurete results. However, four T were
missing in the 35men reel.
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Simulated photographs of aircraft at various distances, made by an

aircrait research firm in a recent independent and unsolicited analysis

of the | ee films, show striking similarity to the two white blops
in this film,

Based on the degree of credibility accorded this early ATIC evaluation
and the strong corroborative evidetite supplied by the recent independent

analysis, the Air Force has no compelling reason to alier its original

conclusion,

They the l6ren film) the smallness
of the dimension and fuzziness of the images, figure The measurements
disappear frcm view). There scem to be slight fluctuations which can be
inherent in the measurements.
Figure indicates three parallel asimuth headings the
UFO system. Any deading parallel to these would of courso 50 possible
since without parallax valid be made.

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Thursday denied a report that they Great Falls. Mont., flying to investigate all reocsof
had confiscated colored motion pic- saucer movies Monday. but in astronomieal phenomena."
tures of two silver dises flying over all probability they won't keep
a Great Falis. Mont., ball park. them.
"We do not have any such Indications are that the color
films here at Air Materietr Coin- films. taken by Nick Mariana.
mand headquarters, spokes. manager of the Grear Falls base-
man for the publie Information ball team, will be sent directly to
office said. He did not clah- Air Force headquarters in Wash-
orate. ington for serutiny.
The report of the confiscation Thursday AMC officials said
came from Nick Mariana, man- they had "not" received the
ager of the Great Fails baseball filans. Friday.hecyer. an in-
team in the Pioneer league. telligence oflicer from The Great
Falls AFB told the Associaied
MARIANA TOLD the AssoCiated Press he had Mariana's films and
Press that he saw discs flying was sending them to the Wright-
over the bail field on Aug. 15. fo- Patterson base "today"
camers and photo- The films are cxpected to ar-
graphed them. ie said they ap- rive in Dayton Monday.
pear on the film for about three Mariana took the pictures of
seconds. The films were turned the two silver dises mer his ball
over to the AMC Mariana re- park on Aug. D5. then turned
ported, on request of a special in- them over to an Air Foyee in-
vestigator. He said he was told to vestigator. He was told. Mari-
release nothing further concerning ana reported. to say nothing
the film. concerning the pietures which
The team manager said the show for about three seconds on
dises appeared to be about 10.-. the film.
oon feet high and were in sight At AMC headquarters, Friday.
for about 15 seconds. a spokesmag said that while the
They were ilving out of the Air Force's"'Project Saucer" in-
north and going southeasterly." he vestigatior had been dropped the
said. I filmed them until they
disappeared from sight. They
looked ypund and silvery and were
moving together-not too fast.:
Tw jets that flew over in an-
other /direction avout the same
time seemed to be going much
faster."
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saucer story came a cropper, warded the films to A.MC intelli-
Tuesday. gence officials last Friday. The
Air Materiel Cornmand offi- films arrived at the Wright-Par-
cials at the Wright-Patterson terson base late Monday evening
AFB, after viewing color motion and were viewed immediately.
pictures taken last Aug. I5 at a After viewing the fiims the
Great Falls. Mont., ball park AMC officials issued the follov-
said the film was too dark to ing statement:
distinguish any recognizeable ob- "The film is too dark to dis-
jeets. tinguish any recognizeable ob-
The film, which during the jects. For this reason it will not
past week had becore the sub- be sent on to Washington head--
ject of widespread conjecture. quarters. The Air Force has no
will not be sent on to USAF further interest in the film. The,
Intelligence in Washington, but, film will be returned to the
if he wants it, will be returned to owner. with thanks for his co-
its owner, Nick Mariana, man- operation, if he wants it back."
ager of the Great Falls baseball
team.
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LAST WEEK Mariana re-
vealed that he had taken the
pictures of ivo silver dises over
his ball park, then turned the
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g ree offieer-Capt. John Byrn-
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bject? (2) low far he had to go to get his movie camera? (3)How long they were
in view? ()Angle of azimth and elevation when fi
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elevation can be obtained by noting points the objects passed by the water tower.
If aarial photos of Great Falls that show the baseball stadium and the airfield a
are available draw in the azimuth angles and apparent flight path of objects. If
If it appears, from the description of the objects path, that the objeots could have If it appears, from the description of the objects path, that the objeots could have
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colved on the incidant at Ornat &Ealld. this Departoent
Conaidars the natter clomed. A drtadiod merination of t no Mila roceived throuh your
ofrloe ravealad that it vas too dark to idantliy nury phanamvana whioh could bo stuial
and poasibly enalysod. Still photoe vare alao pade fron this
too dark to vais.
HAROID D. CATSON
Colonal, USW
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Looking towa rd sae which direction the
wind was blowing the smoke, I saw tvo saucer shaped, very bright
objects completely motionless and in direat line with the smoke
stack. I was of the opinior at they were aircraft. but after a
few seconds of a still motionles could
not be aircraft. immediatel; car was parked
adjacent to the stadium (app Eto movie
at a poin point
that I e not
covering a
socasional omentarily which
they would instantly correct level plan seemingly
baianced positic an
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these
objects at the sa time
since these leads dentify other
vitnesses.
There se nvolved.
DECLA
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UNCI

At all times he was polite and consistent. His only complaint against
the Air Force is seve frames (about 35% of the total) were
was originally lent the Air Force. Despite this,
he has been most cooperative and all his reports on' the matter appear
to be hor tar incere beliefs."
FOR TI MANDING
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2 Incls: fa MAYMOND L. KOLMAN
1. Sketch #1 Major, USAF
2. Sketch 2 Directo
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second
nege However, the statement attributed
AFOIN-4B par., page lthat a number of frames had been removed from the film
wille in the possession of the Air Force is without foundation. In fact,
Cficial Air Forc tile. indicate that the filn was in damaged condition
rden received, that this was acknowledged by both Mr. and
local Air rerresentatiy The Air Force requested Mr.
raission to repair the advising him at the same time that a frame
AFOIN-4C two might be lost in the process wired permission the
Pollowing day through tive.
2 YFE Honorabla Donald
on the 25th or October 1955 publiely released the sumary of
this This summary stated that through the continuous use of the
AFOIN-4F3 kowm acientists and constantly inroved analytical
waSno s (your report forinsitan a3 investigative methods, the
bas reduced the timately 10% in
8.s or thia date. prime PERM
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OTHERS
90 DAYS
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AF-WP-O-29 MAR 5 35M
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We must the delay in replying
..dfort receive it until the 26th of April.
AFOIN-4B
Sincerely,
HAROLD E. WATSON
T Brigadisr General, USAY
AFOIN-4C
Commmander
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negatives and the projection prints are held as
constant as possible. The finished prints have a grainy due to
the extreme enlargement of the original l6 mm film. The mark at the left top
of the print is tha image of dirt in the film
.
.

verse component the velocity of the objects can be correlated to their
altitude and distance from the observer (for the objects at the start of
filning). Assuming the azimuth heading to be 171 the total velocity can
be similarly correlated. Since only angular distancesfron one station
are available for measurement, the actual be
determined.
If the objects' Their altitude Their transverse Their total velocity
initial distance was velocity was was (assuning 171°
was heading)
(miles) server) (mph) (nph)
and (a) listed at the report.

scene, testifies that the objects remained in view the period
between the st sighting would requir rare co-
incidence maneuver eflections persist The
possible paths the airplane esult in such
long persisten Clections are presented nese parabolic
flight paths ompletely abandon the azimut hypothesis. (The
maximumi spee (aive) eed mph, stall-
ing speed is 108 mph.) served airplane eflections have lasted less
than 20 seconds. Third, assuming a l71 azimuth heading, the orientation of
** i1 of these paths are directed might
sonceivably be section landing pattern. Note that all paths
initially come closer to the observer giving a better opportunity for
planes.

miles from the observer fth consideration which strains the airplane
hypothesis the reported ering UFO's. This might be accounted
for by a flight path very great distance from
making a ver Small angle that the traverse omponent of
velocity would small. The latter is ruled out because of the
sun's position relative to the plane rmer would necessitate an
extreme decrease i n the plane's distance in a very short period of time.
camera set at f/22 is about. 1 1/2 theoretical resolving pover,
exclusive of aberrations, ure 10(b)for
the size of an airplane silhouette as 1 would appear the scale of
the filn. These conclusions the aircraft recognition
silhouette card f nished by the Air Force

of the "Montana UFo Case", no clearcut conclusion could be brought out.
The indecision as to what these objects may have been must be ascribed to
the conflict which remains between some details of the photographie material
evidence and the uncertainty of some of the reported observations and wit-
could have been attained by a more searching investigation on the spot at
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Fo4's landed. The two jets anywhere close to where the
two UFo's had been."

Wright-Pettarig a 45
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direction of motion.
8 = angle between o the line of sight and the
object's path.
Δ = a azimuth of object's path (heading).

2
cos (2)
%0% (3)
mental points could mask a variation in distance, altitude or sepa-
retion of +1%. there a slight variatior plots
(frmes 120 to 175) 1690 aziruth heading However, general
tendency the points intain th angula the plot
Without an offset indicates that Chis slight variati represent a
true change in direction, but r slight slipping or
curving motion the objects. curving motion was responsible, the 3
tangents to rve would lie somewhe etween 1690 and azimuth
heading.

eee eres THe

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Analysis of Photographic -ll- Serial Ol
Material

No plate (or rather frame) distortion correction formula has been
applied to the UFO's coordinates as measured directly from the film. It
is assumed that since the objects are near the center of the frame for
most of the shots, any error due to distortion or emulsion shrinkage et¢.
would be much less than the standard deviation of +5' and therefore would
not effect the over-all accuracy of the results.

reflection optinal angle) cyclinder roughly corresponding in
gecmetry fty-foot airpla about miles, the
bright image's ular diameter igure 9(b) is a
blown up frame om the Montana film. image angular diameter
was 0.00l4 radian UrO image intensity appears slightly less
than that of the experimental picture but variation in development tech-
niques would not allow quantitative analysis in this regard. Figure 9(c)
t/22, and with Kodachrome daylight color film. Thus they should
correlate with the actual Montana film. 1
** These fromes rep All urements
were made on the actual

was borne out by manipulation of model airplanes
sunlight.
The effects which accounted for the distortion in imaze size may
be listed as follows: scattering in the atmosphere (between the light
source and the camera optical aberrations (coma Igmatism, distor-
tion), flaring at the lens surfaces, diffraction, turbidit the film
(sometimes called "photographic craspedomorphology"), reflections off the film
backing (halation) and finally adjacency effects (chemical reactions between
over-exposed and under-exposed areas usually produce firings called Makie
line or Eberhard effect). There are also distortions produced during develop-
ment and reprinting. An excellent description and analysis all of the
above e presented ference (ii).
broadening are sufficiently intense produce noticeable diffractions
effects, cf. 8(a). The crosses of light appearing on the image
are due to diffraction t through the polygonal iris of the camera. This
broadening is often called 'au (13), p.69.
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the sources ever.

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b) Actual shopt taken from
24th frane of Montana
film of the UFO system.
Three-inch telephoto lens.
(Earlier frames show
slightly larger inages
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* All frames are magnif ation.

that the settings used at the time were: shutter opening F.22
and focal setting, infinity. Film make and type was Eastman
Kodachrome, daylight type, and speed at which pictures were taken
was sixteen frames per second. Mr furthar advised that
in operating the camera intaking the pictures, anned"
the camera slowly right to left.
2 check of the Operations, Great
Falls Air F ce Base, Great Falls, Montana, indicates that an
F-94 type aircraft, #2503, and F-94 4type aircraft, #2502, landed
at Great Falls Air Force Base at ll33 and 1130 hours (Mountain
Standard Time) respectively on 15 August 1950. These aircraft
were assigned the 449th Fighter Squadron, Ladd Air Force Base,

- < Five miles b) Typical fifty foot
airplane silhouettes
- Three miles as they would appear
* Car on blow up frames
One mile (3" telephoto lens).
* All same cation.

ADM CETED
EDTI AEJEr ESEAVED WERE
IVELLIUG IN THE SAME-GENERAL Cy
BINECTIOGAS VTEWED FROM ENERE LE 6AS
LOCATED:  THE MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION
IS. THAT.THE.HOULDABE-OEJECTS .ERVA 1S1
ACTGALLYYT N THE YE, RS.
THO.AIR
SUN FROM.UIR DOD -DI

of' materia
. attantion of the Air Force
latter from the Great Falls Loader, Creat Falls,
3. Sulliyan.
(2)
Air Force ore mas
voluntarlly.
3) The ad to tapie tween 1125
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made by an aircraft
and unsolicited analysis of the film, show striking
similarity to the two white blops in is film.
Based on

2

. film. fulfill the breathles content of the
Here on screen, for the first .
age of "saucers" in flight-foot- time, is shown terrifie color foot-
. been held top secret. Skeptics age which up to this time has :
the saucer as a fantasy, but how. will think twice before dismissing
loose the official air fore Greene and Rouse ever pried
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was
obtained from ths original
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(TheM Case). The the release
of this film. 2
LowS:
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a