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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE . 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Was Balloon
22 May 1951 *. South falls > Montana - Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP ; 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION, DO Possibly Belleon
Lect 2430-1500 Ef Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador - » or ag 1A okt
GMT _22/20302 Air Vi svol D Air-Intercept Rader 0 Possibly Aircroft
S. os t SOURCE = ¢ 0 Was Astronomicel
0 Yes O Probably Astronomicol
% Ne Civlian 0D Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~ | @. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other
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ee ee a East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object described as ball or 3 pointed star, Balloon released from Great Falls ARB
silver or bluish white. Appearing and at 14,00. In flight to East. Object
disappearing against background of bluge sky.| evaluated as this balloon
In flight to east. Appeared to be ese: high. ,
Also reported from NW Airlines,
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APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 yy
COUNTRY REPORT NO. (Lj (Vy KE HLANK)
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT |
‘SUBJECT a
Unidentified Aerial Object
AREA REPORTED ON
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FROM (Ayency) antellige nee Division, Hq | ‘RTS
a _.._ ___l| Andrews AF Base, jashington 25, D. C.
DATE OF REPORT ") DATE OF INFORMATION val UA non
6 June 1951 __| 22 = 23 May 1951 B-3_
PREPARED BY (Ujjicer)
A. G. Love, Captain, USAF
REFERENCES (Control number, dir clive, precious report, ce, as | applicable)
‘source Intelligence Officer, 1701st Air Trans.
port Wing » WATS, GS ‘reat Walls ASB, : Vontana
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SUMMARY: (inter concise summary of report. Gire significance tn final one sentence paragraph. List inclosurea @ lower | ft. ” nm tert on port o vn AP bh rm fit. Port Il)
1. On 23 May 1951 source received a telephone call from a person identify ring
herself as 2 aes of , Great Falls, bontana, who
reported that she sighted an unidentified aerial object over tie city of Creat Palis
between 1430 and 1500 hours (MDT) on 22 May 1951. The woman stated that the object,
wnich was silver or a bluish white shade, appeared to be shaped like a ball or «=
three-pointed star and geve off a glow similar to that of an electric licht bulb.
During the visual observation, the object disappeared from sight occasionally ageinst
the blue background but consistently reappeared arainst the same blue backvround.
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Tae object appeared to the observer to be at very high altitude and was moving slowly
in a general west-to-east direction.
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2. Source cortacted the Great Falls AFB weather detachment and the Core Ficld
weather station. The former had no weather balloons in the air at that time, but
the latter reported that they had released a balloon at 14,00 hours on 22 Lay 1951.
This balloon wes vhite and moved in a west—to-east direction in its ascent.
3. A Great Falls radio station reported that a Northwest Airlines pilot reported
seeiry the same unidentified acrial : beset.
1. Another newscast on 23 “ay 1951 reported that an unidentified object of
sirilar ceseription was sirhted over Xansas City /sic/.
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