DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6958505
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1955
REPORTED LOCATIONFlathead Lake Montana
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. DATE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION
23April_1955 12. CONCLUSIONS
3. DATE-TIME GROUP FlatheadLake.Montana 0 Was Bolloon
Local 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 0 Probably Balloon
Ground-Visual Possibly Balloon
GMT. 23/0915Z Ground-Rodor 0 0 Was Aircraft
5. PHOTOS Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar D Probably Aircraft
Yes 6. SOURCE Possibly Aircraft
xNo 0 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Civilian (Comm Pilots) XX Possibly Astronomical Probably Astronomical
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
five to seven 750 0 Other.
10. secs one 0 Unknown Insufficient Data for Evaluation
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING West to East
One (l) white objoct, size of a head 11. COMMENTS
of pin held at arm's length, w/no Due to brevity of sighting, 5-7
other discernible features was obser eatures seconds, & the improbability
ved by civil: was obser further mprobability of of
to flyin a bj was seen signific stigation producing
flying approx urse w/the a/c up investiga
(Boeing Strat 23,000 feet( Although the thorized.
speed estimate iser). but at a recognize the did not
being five times description astro, the
that of jet a/c. Observer had seen ighting, &
many meteors, but did not beliove the fact that observer did not
that this sighting was astronomical. view obj for any period
No Report In File. led to opinion time
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) probably astro that sighting
(Meteor).
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