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Intellizence Officer ; LASSIFIED
lige GHTLO UATS, Kelly AFB, Texas
TR 21353 2 2

1. FHenert of the sighting was made by Observers to the 17OClst Air Transport Wing,
Creat Falls Air Force Base, Ucntana on 24 February. The following day an invosticaticn
team consisting of the “ing Cperationa and Training Officer proceeded to Dedsun,
Montana to interview witnesses. No written statements were taken from the witness

who were Ur, a Mr. & Mrs. @QMBBRMM and their tro sons SO ae

witnesses agreed as to what they observed which was in sub-~-

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stance as follows:

2. At about 2130 MST on the nisht of 22 February 1953, Y 'r PNR 2c concanied
by a man cazned and his wife were dtrving in a truck in tne small town of Locscn,
Yontana, approximately 198 miles north northeast of Creat Falls when they observed 4
brijliant white light in the sky at an estimated altituds of 7500 te 4000 feet and cag

a point scme five to seven miles west of Ucdson. is the licht was tT fcht to be a
ened SO LEI A OO A tt > F
star, they stopped to chaarve it more closely. At tie time the licht was first observed

‘t was stanaing still snd remained mticnless for about 4 minutes, then abruptly tezan
mowing in a northerly direction at a speed approximating an aircraft (no estimate of
speed in MPH was given). “he light continued to move in a nortneriy direction for a
distance cf avproximately § miles (this distance being estivated from an ecual distance
of the width of the Milk liiver Yalley) then came *o a halt ard asain resaired motion-
less for abcut 3 minutes, Abruptly she light becan mving in a northwest directicn at
very hizh speed. As its speed incrwased, the color of the lignt changed from wnite to

a piercing red glow,
3. “a sco and stepson, respectively, of

oned shove ut seventeen (17) years of ave were at their home

in Dedson and observed the sane object at the same tire in the sam location os had

ir and Mrs,
their parents. Details given by these two boys coincided with the information eiven
by their rarents and Ur,

he Ur. wis 12 years of ace, an ex-cervice man wo served in the South
P during war and served ancther military teur of duty as an VP in Europe.
Yrs ‘stated further that several Indians on a neighboring reservation had spoken
about sizilar sightings in that vicinity over the last several conths.

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Intellizence Officer, CNTID, MA
oCntana ite AFB, San Antonio, Taxns
18 March 1953 22 February 1953 P=2
Masor J. U. Penny, USAF Civilian Observers

TX frem CO 17Olst At “ge, Great Falls APS, Yontana (Ne. and Date Mae Croup Unknown)

Submitted in accerdance with AF LTR. No. 200-5, cated 20 April 1952, Subj: Unidentified
Plying Codecta Reportinr.

A® approximately 2 eee on 22 February a Unidentified Flying Cbject was
observed visvally"Pree th rom the tive peers at a point 5 to 7 miles west

of Oedsca, Montana (ap area tata eoorc et ding 48° 28° 102? Jo* F).

“hen first observed the object appeared as a mtionless brilliant wite licht &t an

estimated altitude from 3500 te 4000 feet above terrain, remaining steady for about

4 ainutes then began moving in a northerly direction at the approximte speed of an

aircralt for a distance of sone 5 wiles and again remained motionless for 3 minutes,

then abruptly departed on « northwest heading at very high speed. ‘s speed increased
_ the white light changed to a red glow. to sound from the object was heard. Total

time of observation about 3¢ minutes.

Weather conmiitions at tise of alghting was mt given nor was any information as to
known aimborne aircraft furnished.

APPROVY 2D:

ve : SOSEPH M. PENNY
Po Major, USAP
Cnet, Intelligence Division

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Ey without them showing any entnusiesuw, I ivet the matter a
ae. drop, and to my surprise roud later of Captein Bicknell 's—_

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JOO” oxysriance over it, aivimanjare in 1351, ana saw the | <a
aa gxaet shape in on illustration of wnat I had seen and ll
ae drawn previously for wy nusband and soveral friunds,", . ~~

(Urs ABM scotch of tne object enclosed witn her report tallivs
in most major respects with a sikctch of tne 'objoct sgon by Capt.
‘Bicknell and others ovor i.t, Kilimanjaro in Fobrusry 1951, tno
‘only porccptible diffurcaces beiu, th.t hirs. Kiug's roported object
did not posu.ss a rear fin as aia the Bicknwll objict; nor did it
possess any more thn one aark, cacircling band about its widalu,
Ths Bicknell object had suveral bands encircling its middle.)
Ed.

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STONSY NS il, BASRUARY 25,1955.

The report of whet is beliuved to be the lirgest saucer ever

observed, reached the australian Flyiag Saucer Buresu frow Nairobi,
TaS% africa,

Bye witness, Mrs. ee ee Nairobi, wrote:-

of July was on deca with auotucr lady unassenar

FLYING SAUCURS. Page

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about 20 fect obove the sos, parallel witn tas
Llandovery Cestio, and travelling ia the same dirsct-
ion,

"Gaining 2 little in spcsed, aftur 2a sucond or two
ie whole shapu disappoarca witnout a sounu, from the
or issuing fisrea flames sanich snot out to about 4
the longth of the cbject. It ap poaruc that tnore

must be sometaning li«e a hugs furnacs insids tns thing,
but still we could near no noise irom tis flames, ho.
windows could bs sevn, only 2 band o¢ instal. round the.
entire tuing, waicn, if it had bovm a couwlets en ane

snapo, would nave boen centrelly situatec.

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"The odject was ver} isi ne LO0us
lemta of ths Llandovery Castles, and at & rou, Zuess
about 4 times is nigh.

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te had .«. wonderful view, but in a fow seconds it

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G DOs garud, 40 Lignt Was soon yorward as it loft, it
} Vanisnoa saundlssa a Lm GAs UAaArancss Yor awhile
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mg of tas Sn ip's officers with a rew PES sihgvis, vals
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satire party of whom nad sven the same th mother

it is recoraea in ta. ship's log, I know not,

Spprodé, Ll ,.m, when we notaced a particulerly brie
Star, [t wos travulsisy, very Fast anu ap ,roiched tho -
Snip, Suddenly a searchlignt avpoarca, waicn flashed
& stron, berm of Li,ht ou tne water si’ 1.0 50 yords
of tna snip, it Guscendst, its beam snortcunin;, and
becoming bri,ntur as it neared the wetor, nd the
next lusten’s thoregwas no mors lijnt, but an object
epyeared apparantly mads ot stoel and cnapod lise a
Cigar cus at tiga roar end, I[t rosained in the air

"I loft Lombasa at the und of June 1547, on tne 3.8.
Liandovery Custle en route to Caye Towa, and ola,
through the Straits of had,asecr about tne bu inning

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