PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8850487

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONBillings Montana

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1. DATE 12. CONCLUSIONS

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE % Other dirs
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1 hr 10 mins three South
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Three objs, thinner & longer than a-
‘| cigar, very bright golden w/fuzzy Probably interplay of sun's
outline, in a loose group. First obj slant rays on scattered clouds

was stationary when first sighted,
tilted fm horizontal, Two more moved
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first, circled over it, leaving a
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realize how frequently mirages occur. Many persons do not know

what a mirage is or what can cause it. First, let me say that a

mirage is something real, not a hallucination like a pink elephant.

Nor is it an optical illusion. Light may depart appreciably from its

nearly straight-line path when exceptional temperature conditions

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The air acts as a sort of lens to bring a distant light source into focus.
The lens is imperfect, so that the world seen through it is distorted
and unfamiliar; it is a little like looking through someone else’s
spectacles. No wonder one sees weird things — even flying saucers.
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