UFO Sighting Report — Polson, Montana, 25 June 1964

This document contains a sighting report and subsequent correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on June 25, 1964, near Polson, Montana. The primary witness, a physicist employed at the IIT Research Institute of Chicago, reported observing two objects at 10:27 PM while camping near the east shore of Flathead Lake. The witness described the objects as high-altitude, resembling the ECHO satellite. According to the report, the two objects appeared to converge, after which one object veered away at an abrupt turn and higher speed, while the other continued at a slower, jerky pace. The Air Force, specifically through Project Blue Book, evaluated the report and concluded that the sighting was likely a combination of the ECHO II satellite and an aircraft at high altitude, with the abrupt turn attributed to the aircraft changing direction. The correspondence includes a letter from the witness to Captain Quintanilla at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a suggested reply from the Air Force, and a formal letter from Major Maston M. Jacks to the witness. The Air Force also forwarded the witness's information to Dr. J. Allen Hynek at Northwestern University for further consideration. The document includes a hand-drawn diagram by the witness attempting to illustrate the flight path of the objects.