PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1/
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
MONTANA 0 Was Balloon
2 October 1962 Moses Lake, Washington 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aireraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 03/0300Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
XNo Military PassiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Auroral Reflectio
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1. 20 sec 2. 30 sec two descending Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oval obj observed at 30 dgr elev Investigabrs at local level
25Odgr azimuth descending for 20 checked for flashing fm power
secs. Disappeared secs. Disappeared fading. fading. lines in direction of obsvation.
rst sighting two Aurora was obsvd in area. Sight-
objs of the sam cription appeared ription appeared ing attributed to auroral dis- dis-
in the sam pos ut did not play.
descend. Also disappeared by fading.
Color reddish orange. In sight for about
30 seconds.
Local investigators believe Local investigators ections
as cause.
ATIC FORM 329 (RE 26 SEP 52)
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ANGLE ANDAZINUT T SECOND ANGLE ANDAZIMUT T SECOND SIGHTING OF TUO OBJECTS WAS THE SAME SIGHTING OF TWO OBJECTS WAS THE SAME
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417ATH CONBAT SUPPORT GOURP, FIREMAN. VERY CREDIBLE. GOLF. (1) C
SCATTERED CLOUD, VISI on. IMD CLOCD, VISI ITY GOOD, THERE WAS LIGHTNING. (2) SURFACE Y GOOD, THERE
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BOMNIEVILLE POWER COMPANY TO ASCURE THERE WARE NO FLASHOVERS FROM
EIETING POWER LINE TOUMRS TO THE WEST OF THE PLACE OF CIGHTING. C
PRELININARY ANMALYSIC: STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT SIGHTINGS WERE OF
REFLECTIONS FROM THE AURORA BOREALIS ON THE CLOUD BASE. ACTUAL
OBSERVATIONS OF THE AURORA WERE MADE BY PERSONNEL OF THE 1STH

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2.07.62
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ENT OF
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
REPLY TO ATTN OF:
AFISI-6D 24-185-514
SUBJECT: Civilian 830CT 1962
TO: SAFOI
1. The attached correspondence from Subject was received from the
FBI and is forwarded to your office for any action deemed proper
under the provisions of paragraph 6, AFR 200-2.
2. Files of this Directorate contain no record of Subject.
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3. This Directorate contemplates no er action in this matter. action in this matter.
I Leveee I.Levece 1 Atch
F. L. WELCH Memo fm FBI dtd 11 Oct 62
Asst Chief, Counterintelligence Division Asst Chief, Counterintelligence Division fwd ltr fm Subject
Directorate of Special Investigations
The lnspector General
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Flyng Objects Flying Objects
Sighted in Sighted in
State Skies
HELENA, (AP)  Unidentified
s flying objects were reported in
e two widely separated areas of
Montana Tuesday night and were
linked with a sighting reported nearLarsonAForce
near Larson Ar Force Base, Base
Moscs Lake,Washr
The Fergus County sheriff quote
ed an unidentified Boeing Co. se.
curity  guard rat a Minuteman
missilecsite nea Moore in report-
ing a tearshaped object with a
bluetoprandsreds bottom/r
Helena dolice reported a Rose
bud Countrofficer at Avon south-|
west oe Hi spotted two dis.
tinct ooject n the nigha skys that
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FIGHT COMMUNISM
Chinook, Montana
5 Cctober 1962
J. Edgar Hoover, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Hoover:
The attached newspaper clipoing was taken from the Great
Falls Montana Tribune of Cotober 4, l962. This was of in-
terest to me and is one of the hoaxes which has the people
bafrled.
During this past summer while entoute to Chinook from
my farm, which is located 25 miles north of Chinook, I
picked up a object or flying object such as this one de-
scribed in the nespaper article and which appears similar which appears similar
to other reportings.
My discovery can be described as a tear My discovery can be described as a tear shaped object. shaped object.
It was a small parachute made of light blue colored ribber
or plastic material with a small battery attach Attaghed
to the battety was a small flashlight bulbary
I carried this flying object or flare in my pickup for.
several days, and when I went to renove it, I found that
it was missing.
Flying objects or flares, such as these, could be re-
leased from flying airoraft, and when carried by the wind
could very well appear to
Informed people know that Rabbi Wise's statement is
tiue - "Some call it Conmumism, I calliit Judaism." Our
objects could very well be
realeased from air craft in order to keep the people
guessing, as other planned happenings are doing. guessing, as ot doing
Sinc Since
ENCLOSURE 7
CLTPMPONDENCE
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Flyi g Objects
Sighted in
State Skies State Skies
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HELENA (AP-Unidentified HELENA (AP)-Unidentified
flying objects were reported in flying objects were reported in
s two widely s widely separated areas of separated areas of
e Montana Tuesday night and were
linked with a sighting reported linked with a sighting reported
near near Larson Air Force Base, Larson Air Force Base,
Moses Lake, Wash. Moses s Lake, Wash. t
The Fergus County sheriff quot-
ed an unidentified Boeing Co. se- ed an unidentified Boeing Co. se- s S
curity guard curity guard at a at a Minuteman Minuteman a
missile site near Moore in report- missile site near Moore in report- E
ing a tear-shaped object with a d
blue top and red bottom. u
Helena police reported a Rose- a
bud County officer at Avon, south-
west of Helena, spotted two dis-
tinct objects in the night sky that a
looked like flares.