DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6968478
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONHelena Montana
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
20 August 1957 Helena, Montana 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local 2120 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
DX Probably Aircraft
GMT 21/0420Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
:ONo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data aluation
Unknown
few seconds four (4) South
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Two bright objects, round and shaped The description indicates air-
like a disc, appeared short craft traffic from Great Falls.
period and then faded. more appeared
immediately in the same place and abrup-
tly disappeared.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Information about yourself:
NAME I Hama
ADDRESS HELENA NONE MON TANA
Strest City Zone Stato
TELEPHONE NUMBER NONE
What is your prosent job?
Ago MIEsA AGED Ag MIELSAAGED Sex FEMALE
Please indicate any sp ational training that you have had.
Grade school.. Grade school a. Technical school
b. b. High school High school (Typo)
c. College . College f. Other special training
d. Post graduate d. Post graduate THEY IHOUGHT _HER HER
EDICATION WAS BETTSR THAN AUSRAGE EDdCATION WAS B&TTSR THAN AUSRAGE
42. Date you completed this questionnaire: i 22 AUGUST 1957
Day Month Yoor
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be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We roquest this personal information so that, if it is doemed necessary, we may contact you for
further detaile.
.When did you see the object? 04 20
Hour Minutes
$22 21 AugusT 1957
Doy Month Year (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
3. Time zone:
(Circle One) Eastern (Circle Ono): a. Doyligh? Saving
b. Central Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
. Othor ZEURA
the object?
HELENA MCNTANA
Nearest Postal Address City or Town State or Countty
Additional remarks:
AFB SECOND
Hours Minutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of th certain you are of your answer to Question 5.
a. a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
6. What was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
(b. Dull doylight) e. No trac of daylight
Bright twilight f. Don't ramamber
ILIGHT, or DAWN, wher was
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don't ramembar SAn$ wds CON
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of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place
an arrow baside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
O *2699**
KOIND AND SHAPED
LIKE ^ Dise
18. The edges of the objoct were: 18. The edges of the object were:
(Circlo One): a. Fuzzy or blurred (Circl One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
b. Like o trighi stor b. Like o tright stor
c. Sharply ourlined C. Sharply oulined
d. Don'tremember d. Dontromombor
1. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? FouR
00 ↓ SOUTH
AFTER THE FIRST
2 APPEARED AND
PADRO THE JECONDZ
APPEARED
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b. Soveral blocks away?
c. A block away?
d. Several yards away?
. Other _aBouT
.Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at ony time? Yes Don't Know
b. Suddenly speod up and rush away at any time? Yes Don't Know
c. c, Break up into paris or explods? Break up into parts or explods? Yes Yes Don't Know Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes 8899989 Don't Know
e. Change brightness? Yes 98989 Don't Know Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsato? Yes Don't Know
.Did the object move 12. Did the object'move behind something at anytime, particularly bahind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Ys Yas (No No Don't Know. IF you answared YES, then toll what
it moved behind:
1. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yos No$ (No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than toll what
it moved in front of:
14. Did the object appear: (Circl Ono): a. Solid? b. Transparent? c. Don't Know.
15. Did you observe the objucr through any of the fellowing?
a. Eyeglasses Yos No. o. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses Yes f. Tolescope
c. Windshiold $2}^212$ s. Theodolito Yes
J. Window glass Yos h. Other
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a. g.
b. Poa h. Baseball
c. Dime i. Gropefruit
d. Nickal i. Basketball
o. Chuorter k. Other DINNER PAATE
f. Half dollor
22.1 (Circle One of the following to indicate how certain you are of youw answer to Question 22.
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly cortain b. Fairly cortain d. Uncertain
How did the disappear from viow? xusT iusT FADSD .FADSD
construct the object that you sow. Of what type material would you make it? How large would it be, and what shope construct the obiect that you sow. Of what type material would you make it? How large would it be, and what shope
wouid it hove? Describ in your own words a common object or objects which when placed up in the sky would give th.
same oppearance as the object which you saw. same oppearance as
N/A
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b. In tha residential section of a city?
b.1 In a car c. In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Flying nsor an airfiold?
d. In an airplane e. Flying over a city?
. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g.
2.What were you doing at the time you saw the objoct, and how did you happen to notice it?
4LOTNEOUN. SHE HAPPENED
To beck up ANV THEN HE SA.d THEM
a. North c. East e. South g. Wost
b. Northeost d. Southeast f. Southwost h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
ile you wor looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
29.What direction wero y object? object? (Circle One) (Circle One)
a. a. North c. East South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. f. Southwest Southwast h. Northwest
a. North c. East . South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elovation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a. From trus North degrees.
b. From horizon degrees. LoNT ANOGY
31.2 When it disappeared:
From true North degrees.
b. From horizon degrees.
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. In the following skotch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an 'A" on the curvad line to show how
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) whon you last saw it.
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A B
33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its
position when you last saw it. position whon you last saw it. Rafer to smallor skatch as an example of how to complate tha larger sketch.
BO
TO
A
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c.
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Don't remember
e, Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circl One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
(o. Dry a. Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain (b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
e. . Don't remember
official that you had seen the object?
2a Augus_ 1957
Doy Month Yoou
(Circle One) rCirc7aoie) Yoa (No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did thay see the object too? 36.1 IF you answered YES, did thay see the object too?
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes Yes No No
37. Was this the first time that you had soen an object or objects like this? 37.Was this the first time that you had soen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Yes Yes (N\o (No
SEEN THEM CGFOKE AT_SPCKANE:UASHINGTON
38. In your opinion what do you think ths object was and what might have caused it?
N/A
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U. S.AIR SHEET
(SUMMARY DATA)
In order that your information may be filed and coded as accurately as possible, please use
the following space to write out a short description of the that you observed. You may ro-
peat informetion thal you have alreody given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments,
statements, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to present the dotails of the observa-
tion in the order in which they ocrirred. Additional pagas of may be attached
if they are nended.
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