DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8706941
DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1964
REPORTED LOCATIONGlasgow AFB Montana
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 May 64 Glasgow AFB, Montana o Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT 21/04502 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomi Venus/Regulus
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
No military military D D PossiblyAstronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data tion tion
Unknown
40 minute s, two hours one north
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Irregular shaped obj shaped obj similar to auto headlight similar to auto headlight VENUS VENUS at 295 deg az 10 deg elev at 2200
lobserved by two separate groups of witnesses. local moving tohorizon at 2300, 3l0 deg
|Brighter than a star. White color. 30 deg star. White color. 30 deg elev- elev- az. REGULUS at 250 deg az 30 deg e at 250 deg az 30 dege elev at
ation descending slightly. Path horizontal from 2200 moving moving to horizon at 290 deg to horizon at 290 deg az at
SW to NW. Passed SW to NW. Passed through through 16 deg n 16 deg arc gradually. arc gradually. 0100 local time. Brightness indicates
Some witness indicated obbing motion. Second VENus observation while duration VENUS observation while duration and
group observed over two hours. elevation: favors observation of REGULUS. ITITG
Sighting attributed to one of these two
objects or possibly both.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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DE RUWIND 15 21/2327Z
ZNR •
R 211800Z .
FM S 91CMETSPTGP GIASGOW AFB MONT
TO RUWGALE/ADC
RUWGALE/9AEROSP DIV ENT AFB COLO •
RUCDSQ/AFSC FTD WRIG AFB OAIO
RUFA HQ/CSAF lor •
RUEAHQ/OSAF WA SH DC :
INFO RUWBKN/1BAF INFU RUWSNN/TSAF MARCH AFB CALIF RCH AFB CALIF
RUCSBR/SAC · RUCSBR/SAC ·
BT BT
UNCLAS-BC 3026. SD26. FOR-ADC, -SAEROSP DIV, AFSC (FTD), CSAF- FOR-ADC, -SAEROSP DIV, AFSC (FTD), CSAF.
(AFNIN), OSAF (SAFOI), INFO 1SAF (DI), SAC (DI). DELIVER
DURING DUTY HOURS. SUBJ REPORT OF UFO IAW AFR 202-2, DURING DUTY HOURS. SUBJ REPORT OF UFO IAW A AFR 200-2, ". .
PARA 14. THIS MSG IN TWO PARTS, PART I: TWO SEPARATE
RROUPS OF PERSONNEL APPARENTLY OESERVED SAME
PHENOMENON. FIRST GROUP WAS OUTSIDE BASE THEATER .•
GLASGOW AFB, MONT. A (1) IRREGULAR CIRCULAR SHA PE,
(2) SIMILAR TO AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT, BRIGHTER THAN A •
SAR, JKEL WHITE, (4) ONE, (9) N/A, (6) NONE, (7) NONE, (8) .
IE; B(1) JUST HA AND SEE
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IT, 2) MPPROX 30 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AHEN FIRST :
CIGHHTED, (3) SLIGHTLY LOWER WHEN LAST SEENXN (4) MOVED .
ON EVEN ILANE HORIZONTALLY. FROM SW TO NW. APPROX
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(2) NIGHT; E. ADJACENT TO BASE THEATER, GLASGON AFE,. •
MONT; F. (1) NONE, (2) JOHN A. FROEMKA, A2C, AF167 •
861 MED GP, GLASGOW AFZ, X-RAY TECHNICIAN, GOOD;
ROBERT E. MACKAY, AB, AF15684050, 91F00D SERV SQ, •
GLASGOW AFB, GOOD. MACKAY STATES HE OSSERVED LIGHT
FOR ONLY 20 MINUTES AND LIGHT APPEARED TO HAVE A -0-
BING MOTION. OTHER INFO IDENTICAL TO THAT PROVIDED BY •
FROEMKA. G(1) FAIR SKIES, (2) SURFACE 90 DEGREES AT 14
KNOTS; 6,00, 320AT 40; 10,000, 270 AT 25; 16,000, 290AT 60; ..
20,000, 250 AT 59; 30,000, 240 AT 70; 50,000 230 AT 10, 80,000,
80 AT 15; (3) HIGH THIN EROKEN, (4) 15 MILES (5) NINE-TENTHS; .
(6) AT 0505Z 21 MAY THUNDERSTORMS NW MOVING TO NE, 2444-
OCCASIONAL LIGHTENING (7) TWO DEGREES C PER THOUSAND OCCASIONAL LIGHTENING (7) TWO DEGREES C PER THOUSAND .
FEET EELOW 38, 02 . NONE, J. UNK, K. EASE . NONE, J. UNK, K. EASE .
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COMDR, GLASGOW AFB COMME TS SARE QUOTE APPEARS TO •
BE NATURAL PHENOMENON UNQUOTE• PART II. SECOND GRP •
WAS ON ROOF OF EARRACKS APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER
MILE NE OF FIRST GROUP. A(1) IRREGULAR OVAL SIMILAR TO
WALNUT (2) SIZE SIMILAR TO AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT AT ...
ONE-HALF MILE, (3) COLOR VARIED AS LIGHT INTENSITY Y VARIED.
LIGHT WHEN BRIGHT WAS WHITE AND SO INTENSE IT COULD
NOT E WATCHED COMFORTABLY THROUGH BINOCULARS. .
WHEN LIGHT DECREASED IT APPEARED TANISH-ORANGE. (4)
ONE (5) N/A (6) NONE, (7) NONE (8) NOE(9) NONE. B(1)
OASERVERS WERE WATCHING LIGHTENING FLASHES WHEN A
MUCH H ERIGHTER FLASH SLIGHTLY'TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE .
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OBSERVER USED BINOCULARS
AFB , MONT, F.
(1) NONE 2) ANDREW T. TATE, A2C, AF12669943, 91 1. FOOD .
SERV-SQ, :ASGOW AI GOOD; JAMES T. HA YTON,
A2C, AF114B3664, 91 FOOD SERV SQ, GLASGOW AFB, WORKS IN A2C, AF11403664, 91 FOOD SERV SQ, G GLASGOW AFB, WORKS IN
TRAINING OFFICE, GOOD. G THRU K SAME AS PART I. TXT MD
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VENuS 1 295A AT220
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