PROJ ECT 10073 RElut-<v i. C.l.. TE TIME GHOUP 3 April 49 OJ/1?50Z ' Dillon , Nont J.l'l-3. 3 . SOURCE NUMBER OF 081F TS 10 . CONC LUSION ill! .lil3iTTif< I~D 5. LENGT H O f Q ;.l.ir:I'P/1\ fiOt~ Ground- V i..:Hl.ll. ta . P H O TOS l 9. PHYSICAL EVIO:::NCF. Hc1\ll .. ubs~rve .. :s si;.;h~.::d .rh:=tll .:1pp~1..:c tl tr.) O:! a flyin<~ tiis~(,. Th!' ~) j .. t was of a m~tall L~ color and it. o.r peared co b:! c-8 ,, ; '>r r o tatin!; Ln .:t 8"~nl-circu.l.:tc Ol.)'",ion. ~l .. n~ cbject J ~ ~ -1u exhaust. or ;.:ound. The object was ~a.Ld co have tr,...,. .... \ ed s o fast Lh:'\t it s em:!d to blur, DICLOSUR~ ( CoBt ' d ) ..\ C~TI FJ !tl TRUE COPY! 1 OOi:it 3T~'IENS0t.1 MA.JCA USAF 19 03 S A~ril 19 , chi o~r!oe r~eiTed A ~emo dua f liable ~'V1!~.seDt ~D.ST oonoeM'l1ng intor:aation p.,rtainizlg t o t h.e all d >Ji11;htin~ of 0..:1 Ul1oonTentioaal airor,r-t;,. .so-called "~l7ing Di3o" Thls ~ft1oe oonduo~3d .,.?1-tervi ;ywa .f p.,rsona ~ha. t 1Ptrrt alle d t o h " <.t ,,.," d tb,l 3 ".J j t:ro i; Hi i 11asm ch ~., _lt~,.. 11% ar a.et t.Y&il&ole ~t t..hi Air .?oro 3ase, the rollo"Win~ r~por+. i.J 'l bi C~4d, ~. 0n 3 April 1~4~, ~r. owna and o r&~a a ~onatruotio~ o om?JCl7o a~ Dtlln Yontana. r~ported i6h,tu.g rJ.n ebjsot ~ommonly known a a !~:?lyi:t~ Di ~?proxitel;y 11.50 hours, 3 Apri.l 1349. :Ira t the tue o'l t,~,. ~11 4 '?~*r~o ~f ths object, ~tandL,g i n t A$ 7~rd ~f hi3 oonstruotion o omTHlll:r 1 :) i.;ec ap,r?-xi.m.t tl y one .mil E' ou-4-..hes. t of Dillon"' '!.lon tana, r 3.ain~ nor"tb. :Ji.1o" ol.t Hl al t i tud.e of za.o~>roxJmately ~hr~ t o of'i"7e ~ho,Jaand f 3!J"t OT~r th northttr-1 Mort t "';'11.-~1ty ~L Dillo.n.,. ;;;tontaDa, and a.p~r~xi::nately /Qur -:Aila .:to-r~h of :lr. :.ae objeet apJ:>ar.d. t o b e pproxi:utely 'tv~nty e _,_,"' u di'-lD.eter 3nd f :>u.r "':.) tiT f 1J:t d epth. t;h.ro\1 t.hw J'.9nter.., 'I'h e 'loj&o"t; ~ t the t;L"lle of ai~ti.n.J! st?ywar~.tt ~o b e roaldn~ -:.t J''Otati.n~ i~ a s~Jm.i-.oir~ulAr !IIOti.o-n. I~ app8e.rsd. to ., o ntJ-r.rntJte<i or 't'Jletal ~\t<,il a s alumin'l.ml a11d w.s bri!;ht 01:4 ~ha upper aid and rorl~ot.~ '~ligh~ 1.-er aid 1?pear~ bG b~ eith~r blue-g~ OT gr~eni~n g r 'J.y, .v rrl.,it did .,.\ rer1. t li~t. The ahape .tf thll ~o i-e wa~ tl1at ~f a pl&tf.t beli3T ~':i. t o to .xoudil'l J.y thill wi +.h flQnaiderabl.t +.Jlioh.sG .!.~ t.h~ ::uiddle,. h.8 c)bjeet., 8-.t~r -ro~Ski.n~ from side t o sidlf ! fJT' at l~at Jix ~()~pl~ted 3-.r<SII, ~r-., ,.,,.ed.M. 1a aa l' .... ftt-ly direet.it:m and liato~ut.ded r~pidl7 f:-o the h.ei;;h-: a~ ~h~oh i t tira~ ob8~ved down te altitude of ~pproximatly 700 or 1000 :f'.se"\ At -.t~ioh 1 t aga.ia ta:rne the ro.,kin~ motittn. M~8r ~ ~kt!J~ a. "f tb.,c .111-t r~i'li!dtin~ ligh-t .-..tsb. ti1ae, the uope l" side canut i a1:o Ti~., I~ had tb..m. ~Ted r'oidly 1a a aouthw rlr dirotion t a position ~pproxi~ately 1000 feGt in altitude e4 ..,_..tot Dillooa, }!cntana, at whj,oh t i me it 9.~9-i.n .s\ane4 th roking moti!ill .A.tter rooki.. a few tilaea, 1 "'; '9rooseded rapidl7 ~ posi tioa the ai~ort ot Dillon# Jlo!ltana. at ap-p~xl:a.at~ly .1. 1000 foot <itude and twelT mile northeaa~ e! Jillcu, Montana. . obj~o~ a~st~ rooked !l. t1w tie a11cl r~pidly diaap p 1'ared ov"~ and ~eyona ~j"t$ Jl01.J.nt~inso '.tUt ~f !:lUleD., lf<mtana . " :~. objeo-t did ~o+. .!how e~i.deno of 'xhAns~. 1mo~"'' >ti<l~ ,~ 10"md. t Jll .s -:ruo ftT~ :fi-il"'JJ> ot ] ~!l,.,r~e~t.d r;~,Jnty w~r{'t int~r,i~wed c onc:&r.til'l:; A;!:lct r.,l i:1oili ty . ::i\~ Q O .SS:"''7'!tr in Dillo.., .f:J nta-:111. r~tt a ottT" naae4. ..,..1 t t 12 di~eter. f'.lll oelsatial t>hellO!R~)i\A ud r~"~"'led. -t:hat ~o u:1u s 1al ) h -,runne:na. 1Xi.1t.ed.. !'al~ aequenoea et 1 1 qather ~nditi=>:t:J i n Jill.)a ').:!ci .n1r:-~ur .. di:1.~ 'l.r~a. n-,r., ") otai~ed and are 1:tacsnti n .... eto 0 _\ r~p0 zrt ~ t~ Yf i:1G.3 ~10 1.'11 i a lit).8 ~.trtil& tJ( !J1ll.a'1 ~ad vioiai~.s &lse ~b~i~e4 a~d i3 3ott~d hers~ ~b HE:AOlJlJARfr:P!:i Ut~ITEO Sr\j;::, AI H f-ORCE TI-lL I i'l -.PI':.CTOR GC:'d::R~L Of-FICC Or SPECIAL INVc-S .IGA"'l"IONS R!lPORT MADE BY !RE PORT OF JNVESTIGAJ}D"' ... -"'\ .. _,::-,~:-I J t,RAY:t TJ1JK:~<,~i"llf S U!J EC T ?lyi:l.g )i.lOI" Dillon, ;;:onT.Ilna '3 .luril lg"'g OFFICE OF ORIGIN rlll :~dly H>Oe~ri.tlb tt ~n alt-t_i;lldS of 3.~9r'):C~.::JM..t~ly +h.r CO fi~!t CnO l.l.iarlQ r.-,~t ~,,.,r r;hs nor+,hdrn P"'-:-t or"' th~ Ci t y oi" ')il~o:t., 1n.antJuv~ri!1~ l.b out i n ~"'"r\l :i.irt~totion f~r JIIJV~r!ll mi."'\Ut&a a."ld l..'ldn r:l?id l '/ "h .. J~;1D-3arin~?; OV ~r n:1.i b " yoad the m.om~'.!..ns aast o f' T)illon. fh3 ?bJ:!ot ;w.,.,. l.)l~g~d to h.A.v8 b .,n <li)~rYs<i by f t>Jr n.,rgons, ":T .s aooJtm"t~ :>~ ~ ~3 Jiz,, ..Lr'..,~-:-~cs ani. j nov~nu1~t largely )OI"T''lbo~t~ ~aoh o~hsr. 7:!-.. -ri~; ~x."-th~ ;Jos~rr-i;"3 r>f 1o ubt. uiSTRIBUTION Concaandi:lg General, .\.ir :!a-;~rial Cotwaand, ACTION C:JPY FORWARDED TO 2 Cotmnandi:u~ ~naral, Alr risl Camma.nd. i1ris!l.l;- FILE S'Tl'AP fC~I J~lo4 , I SU7J .T~T: Unknown Subject , "Flying Discs'', Dillon,. dont:J.ns.., 3 April 11~9 I'O: r,0mr:1.tt.ndi:1s Gen~ral .\ L ... :.4a b9risl Comraand 7r '~ht-Pa~terson ~ir 1. '1=.r,, ... .,no l...s ;nade t o the R ort o f Spao 1'-.l j nt Fran!.c "':;. S<Jlgal, :n ;!llil O I'.:, it.HJ, de'-t a 1 26 c\prl l 13""3, r-~a.:td n pon inf:)rmation r.,,:t..,iv.,d f' r ".Pa. a rsliable gov3r.lment ~.r.!'o:;y by thi s ofric~ ~n I ori l 1343. 2~' A :-.al!nAd f',.; _ your ir.l'orm ion 'lrs hro ~o oie~ o r' ::-e9or~ 3 . Pal."'t t ~ul~ 'lttentton is dr~nm t o th~ r~e~ ~h-1t ~hs 1lreotton of tr,Yel o~ ~hA 'mconv~ntion6l ~i~cr~?~ ~n,~o ~;~h ~ne r.~dto b s l n ~h~ Dillon r~n~e as i~dioa~8d on ~h8 inclos&d d~ct1onal ma~ inolos~d with t b s &ttaohs d porto ina.Jmuch 'J.a '\? r 4l-port o f' in""resti6a.tion i s aub~i t;t1td l::l this ror.n F~rm 112 i3 not av~ilabl~ ~t this 11r ?orce Bass. j , T~i~ in~esti ~atio~ 13 clos&d by this offic~ ~g ~11 lu6ical l ds have been in7~sti ted. ( oun:d fro~ pa 2) :.L.\o o '3ot did I!O ": ~Hlmtr ~'7idenoe or a x bllua-c, smoke, ~dor or Joun.d. rb.~ si~illr.y at the tj~e of the all3ged a ppearLace oi the obj~o~ waa ap?r i tsl7 Pl~J, J~bilizers. sl s o r duot opening3. Tba objeot wae all~ssd :1Avs tr~7ellld a 3?~ed fas~ar tban lOCO ~ilaa per hour o r oo J~ t~s ~ c~er~sr3 .Jt'" JiJ() }laced upon a:Jo,.. ... ..,.,. i!rve.r-;ed .9la"te or li~o. :-~ jd&.~ ,1 -;hd llao iVf:lx-9 ',oll::rT"d ~o ~ a:x~eed.!.n~l1 :...'U..n vi~h ?on.11Ji:iarabl., ~ ... 'liil:C.ftgs Lry. ~}J_et ~ijctlfl. o object, a1'~er .l'ooki~ !'!'Ol:l ~ide -:o a!d.a (:)r a; l ... a1f ': t!.:x ~ompL ed ;. .-:~:;. .;.r-:loeedod in an ~!'l tte~l.~/ ::1.i.r9o~on and delSoundad NpiJ!-, ~"':;:o0m ~:"l& ~"le.lt;n. ~ A~ ~nioil 1t as .f!rat OCH:lert'ed down ~o ~n al;i.;ude of !ip_vro.~i.-:1\l.~ely -;'CO CJr l~OO .. )ti)i l.! Y~n.ioh it agairl .a ~.arted the o...i.cL~ :nolji.:>n. ..Ul~e:-'::"o~.cinl-1 a lrR ";i:::l"es L~d .. ~rleo~"!.~ ll;nt D.O.Ol l ti;nae -Jle tl'?per Jide int.? '7i<-H. : .~ :~d ... hen -orr.H.i ~oidl71.n a sou~ilJres4erlJ dir~otion "to . ,?Oai~icn :l.?:;ro.x~-na-;al.y lCOO ~'ee"!';