2. LOCATION J . sou~c:; 10. CONCLUSION 4. NUW8E R OF 03JE CTS 5. LEN GTH Of 08lUIVA fiOH 7. COU~:iE 8. PHO TCS 9 . PMYSIC~L EVIOINCI 11. t\,.lffl SU..,..ARY AND ANALYSIS (T'C!..ASSI?I::D) .-;i ".i 1g3 .Jaje by Mr. )onald ;I. L~a HQ, 1701ST AIR TP_\'TSPOP.T 71I"'G, Great FJ.lls A'"''1, ~1ontana, 17 .lar 5) TO: ':or*rns.ndi~:?: Gt3neral, ATI C ','Tri1ht-?attarson lire , Chlo 1.. :'.d t'ar3nctt luialt.: com::t.mic~tion: copie3 o:." :13..\F ''1chnic'll Ir . ..:."'ormd.tlon Shel:lta \.1a1e l.-3en fon!.rd-3d t o 29ta .\ir Din.s1.on ( 0e f), '.tont~l\, ;lit'"l infor'Ilation cooy o~ bas~c 13t. .. -3r. 2 . '"la ~r)th Air uiTision (De') 1s ")!"d.3ertly cond'.lc:.:..,~ co..n- pl3t:.t inv'!3tl;;:'i..,lon r~lative t o 3i~hti,1.;!S o f unldenti.:. .l<l ''erial 3 . YcU' r.~ d ~.J<tctar.J nil tJi:i:uon { :~ 1r.:)4r. r'alls YMOND L. KOUIAN MAjor, USAF Di~sctor, Opr & Tng . ~ClASSIFIED Kell1 .\.~, ~ t;taa !. \; n the night ot :i5 Februar; 1953 U!lutenant ret.or \~"lrquez, S/3gt ?.oney :..:. ::.~er ar.d .\/lC Ram.:1 f:rcm t.he ~ .. ':l.3t. Air Tn.n:s;:ort .''ii:--, , rreat. ?aD.s l.:r Force a, ,e, ~ont.ana, 'are retumi.."lg to the ba~e in 3 car aloe~ ~1:-:nr~ ff7 trcm J<xison ~'ont11n;t, ;tnere they had ude an investi;ar.ion or a r~r.-ort.ed 'ji;:~tjn ~ of 311 iJn.ident.ified t'lr-.ng Cbject near Dcdscn.on the r.i;ht or 22 ?ebruary 1953. 2 ' lfhen the7 rt!1!C!'J~ a J:'()int r.n ':.n6 h1..-hway a:.~u t :!5 miles f)rt.!ie !Jt Of C~at :all a .\ir Force ilaa ::lt 2020 hours iiS1', they ~ t.iced a v er y br-. c, flic~<eriu~I, .ltpearod +A be at. 'll1 alt.i~ud-t ot sot.'lti LOCO to 45:0 _:'9e~ aco''e erie terrain. This ll,;Jl.t ;;:peared .Ji:.nilar to burni!lg LUgnesiua. .\brup~l7 ... 1e li ;ht b e Ran desc011ti n g t.o . .,ard ~r.e earth ~t::. Vtt'f7 great SDeed. ~en it Nt'\cned ~ "''int 3-Cc ut l)ne t.r.i r d o f the dln ~ac.c a .:~ra t::.:1e orif).nal hei,il;ht. t:.o the grc~d, it bur3t 1:1~o a ..ll-sh tnat. iccN"sed in ictenrlt;r \lld agnit.ude a~ut. 10 t.iocs i t-3 cri i.nn.l. -;i:;e ... ~t!n Lhe l l:nt. decelerated .:..n ~eeci but. cont!nu~d t.c, drop, resembl~"'lg a ~rn "iut.~ l'l.:lre. 't , r:t;:.nt. '\Cout. hal~ .. a: : o !..1s ~="-..:nd !Nt.l ir.~t oeivir~l ::os1.t i o n ~.l"e li n~ rlis~"""ea.r..,d rxim_:-letely NCL!\ SSlFIED Great. Fall5, l!ont.ana 25 February 1953 I. D#'JSI'::-iot.ion or Incidl! A cl r:ilian m~n f ro:1 three separate occasions II. Discu ion ot Inc1d"3n t lJcation sighted an unidentified aerial objac~ on v~ry little intor.nation has been gathored on this sighting, e v on a b~sic da5cr1ption o f the object's oppa:.~r21tce has not t<~Jen subnit.ted to Project. Blue ook . FU:t.hermore, noth 1 n~ is k nonn of the observor s e;cperiunce level, c orrobor:1 tl VtJ lrl tnessos, '' tc. In t.ha lieht or the scant inTo rrna tion received, the report h l3 to be cud ll ns insufficient data f o r ovalu1tio n ur.til an A"::' Form 112 ,.l..rr lt e:l. III. CoHclu!lton I t3tl(l tci"Dlt. dat.a. 1CLl.S3' r lC:J o\o'tj ,, l o J. AFO I N -t\1'' '; FuO I D FL YI ' l'; iULL RS?ORT lJIL L F"'LLC'!. ?:. CG l 7.Jl AT . .JG GRE.~f lfd.L FS :~u.T t'C JZP.IQ/:1!~ OF I NTEL ' t1 ':J ~f ~JA~H CC 23~02~Z A:iD ~JYLTR GFCI.~ 3S.J. 0'9 :U3J : FLYOcRPT, DTu 27 F::::9 53. JO ~tlLD .-.? PARD n.~D ~1ANEUVEED A'S DID OBJ SI GHTZD 24 VEB 53 ALL L l MYLTR AVOVE WERE PR:::~t::l AT T:iiS :IGHTI~:G. Il'lFO REC VIA TP 1.32:0 . . .ST 5 d?:~ :::3 , FUHTH!:R I.1VZSTIGATIO~! .u:~DE~T.iJAY. Ca:> t, Scti th caJJ ed same individual rneking o servation. and tlme g!'oups: Cl-::-: -=k ir. tv thid 'lr _ lcl 1 oo~e 5ort. of an a'l.:>'-ler. Fi1 CO. 17~1 AT WG GREAr FALLS AFB ll ONT T O JZ?:-tc/DIR OF I NTEL i l1 U3Ar 'vASi1 D C !NFG D~P/CHIEF ATIC [ChT ?ATTER~LN AF3 OHI O J!:DEN/C~ EtJT AFB COLJ r>~.3 COLO GFoiN-.3-~5.31. ATT~l AT!AA - 2 C AT rJJRIGH7 ?ATT~R~O:J A?3 /FLYGBRPT/ t1YM~G GFO?T - 2-1025 DTG 2::500202 A~;D :tSG GFOI N- 3 -2441 DTG 052112Z AND MYLTR GFOIN .35~.Z9 SUBJ: FLYOBRPT, DTD 27 ~B 53. DONALD H U:Z AGAIN OBSR nY 03J SI~ILIAR IN APFZARENCE AND MANZUV::RING AS Ti-E: FLY .... OD Dill S2CO.l0 l ~rut.::i --lrnCLASS~FiEO JOJNT MESSAGEFORM O.o r!-TI'\4 E GPCUP :>O::CURITY CUSSIFIC.\TIC~ C:a CIDZ hflOIII 0 !lOOK MESSAGE D OIUGIIIAl MESSAGE CRYPTOPPEC'.AUTIOII 0 MUl TIPlE AOORESS IOENTIFIC.\ TION I c.uss:;~c m o11 Peuld be ._. u 1!IC PAGe wF r' .:03 -,z: vi!Jlyn;, ;ennml COM lo!U~ICA 710-IS CE.,rER 'lO JOINT MESSAGEFORM 1 ------SPAre ABOVePOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER O NLY,_ -----------------4 FROM: Cor,.ttn~t~or) SCCi'ITY Cl,,VgftCATION rRECECF.~cE I AC1toli 11:-<FORio!ATION 0 OOOK ME:>SAGt 3J OR1GI1Ul M~Gl 0 ~Cl TIPLi: AOO~l.S3 CRtPTCPP =CAUTIO" REFr-RS TO '4SSAGE . ben adri.aecl bJ' f)/ [ Jitl USAI \hat. 7ou.r 'lrg3ftiu~on ha re~fri.1ad .5 em 25 ntb " and 5 rm4 6 ~ar 53 o.t m un1 dent-1!'1St:l aria.l objoc~ aight1d a~ :. ric adYU t#he tollocd.JUJ 1n .'U1-nti1 1. 1'\6 the Uoa iD t.M aq. for em. or JIOH or \.t'.e Ali< T .:c~1NICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER f'l'~lt";)1T,~TTERSON AIR Foqc: B A SE .. ~ply refar to :L"lizat.ivr:. ~. _;.TIC r d<l .:1 J -J ",hat th~ sour c a rill o..t::. ::m~ J.r' t..1~sd fo~s md i t be return-ill r1 ' 1 an Ar t~om ll2 t.o r.hi3 Center . ::'he :-o- :::lind~r o! the 1'nra~:1 ~ 1.n b-:i retained f o r pos3i~l3 ~lt.~:-q 1.13 '3 l . u3A~ Tech ln.t'o t-PU:, 2 . Ret. Add Snv TiO~.o""l. 1 T FM CO 1701 AT WG GR~AT FA LL~ ~FP MO~lT TO J2~W?/CG ATIC WRlCHT-PATTERSON AFB OHI O .J~.JF>!B/CCr-' C~TLD MAT~ K!:LL'f .A.F3 TZJ ~REAT FALLS AFB MONT l 12/19~ 7Z MAR JWPQG Va.jor J. 11 .. P4r1t1T UNCLASSIFIED :ntelliz:e n c e Off!cer, ~J!lD, ~.( ,\ TS i<t1ll7 AFB, San Ant.a r .io , Texas !lilitary-Personnel, 170 l s t AT.'I Crea ~ Falls U-:!, !!:co tana ~x ! ' Ma ..:..J 170lst. AT -;vc;, Grse t Folls, !lont.cu:a ( o. ana :Jate ~ Group Unkmwn) ~ubmit:.ad in 3CCOrdanee with AF LTR. No. L00-5, c!ated ;::o .\;)ril 1952, Subj: Unidonr.!.i!ed ?211~ Cb~e~t. ~porting . ~t. appro;a._.a tr.:lf 2020 hours liST on the nigh~ o{ 2 5 Feb maw l .5J, an Onielontif1ed F .!.:J-- ing Cb jset :1as observed ,ri !JU~ll1 !roo the l"'und oy an \i.r forcct llevt~fUl!l t, ct..nd t-:ro ::ontar..a_, "l':. :m altitude of 4300 teet acove l:.ile tdrrain {.iypruxi.:na:.e coor,.:r.at.os ill? '!be ob.ject. 1tnen tirat obaer appeared aa aJl extremely br::.~nt, ~llckar_nrr, whit i .!h .U.ht aa oca caused b7 burn:lnf! aaagoeaiua, and tiflges ot dee!J t:ed 'J'fere ciiscerni~le Th8 li~ht abrup~ began Nl aarthward descsnt at very gn.at ~peed. "Then it. re~ched 3 J=Oiat about one-t.bird of t~ 91fQ' rroa ita original he.ibht. to the gr:und, t.he lizht. barR int.o a tlaah aNI it .li'\t.eneit.7 and magnitude ine~ascd a bout ten times, r esemb l !-'lg At a ~ .li*4 about.. one half Vfa7 to t he r;round, the light. disappearea - No eovnd h"~ "fthr ccr.dition. a~ '~ ~iws o! tbe sighting were not. given NJr 'Cl-S any information !u.mished as to the pres~t ('!~ absence ot kno1111 ai.:-borno a:rcrnft. in tr.e vicini t y APP!Il9SDa J. V. PERil !lajor J USAP Cbiet, Intelligence