PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12 December 1 3. DATETIME GROUP Local DOt gi V8Q o v .. Physical 2. LOCATION ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XR Groun~ Visual C Air-VIsual C Ground-Radar 0 Airlntercept Radar CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Poui bl y Balloon 0 Was Aircraft c P robobl y AIrcraft 0 Poul bly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Ast ronon1l cal 0 Poulbly Astronomical 7. LENOTH OJI OBSERVATION BAI!fl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Personal letters to both Hqs USAF & ATIC by source requesting government contact regarding obj believed~ by implication, to be part of space ship, containing self-contained power unit activated by unknown material (Mineral). Addresses given were from two dif~erent location, and different box numbers. ATIC FORM 3 29 (REV 25 SBP 52) 0 Insufficient Doto for EvoiYCatlon 0 Unknown 11. COMMENTS ' As the report appeared to have "physical evidence'; of a UFO, investigation was requested. Results indicated Sourc~was susceptible. to suggest.io land the object in his possessio was a black-grey colored volcan ic rock, elliptical in shape. MEMO ROUTING SLIP NBVBR USB POR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRBNCl!S, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS 1---~IATION 'ND I.OCA~TI~O~N ~---~:--J...:._.:::!....:,_I~O~AT~I~--1--1 COORCMNATIOH tJ r' IHPORW4TION \..) ~ RETURN ORf14HilAT101'C AMD LOCAT10N ~ '-"( ' o TID.Ittnl"l v V fO:tll 9 5 ~laces DA AGO Form 89,, l Apr 48, aod AJiiQ -. ... .-- t IU It Form 12, 10 N'" 47, Hhlch IDI1 be aud. , UNCLASSlrll:tJ AF FORM 112 A PPROV.0 I JIJNE 1948 (.<, INTRY I R!.i'OR T NO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I. CON'l'EITS ect and Mr. Post Otf'ice Desci1ptiCD ot object br Post ott ice, Martinsdale PART TBK!3a Description ot objeot b;y Mr. Martinsdale, Montana. , Asst. Postmistress, , Hotel & Caf'e oo-proprietor, Martinsdale, PART FOORa Supplementar,' Investigative Etforts. PART FIVB1 C ot Preparing articer. Sm+!ARYa TWX messAge IC41073 classified Confidential, sent b7 CO!OOr ATIC, W-PAFB to Coudr, 4602d AISS and to 'Flt 1-B, 4602d AISS as information addressee, on ).;b;Ueo 56 requested that elements of the 4602d AISS concduct a prelimia117 fureatigatica ot OFOB interest at MartiDsdale, Montana (EKKB 4228). The message, received at 17221SZ Dec 56, requested that there ~ undertaken a prel1m1Dar1 iD"stigatiOD at a llFOB ar missile, suppoeedJ.7 poeaesaed by Ml-. , Montana. In a persona] letter to A!lC, , Olio, Mr had oJaiJ'li)d diaco.eey ot ea object vh:1ch oontaiaed a -supporting power unit J activated b7 &II unlmOWD a1Deral.. ~. had also requested tbat :* ... : proper authorities centact him iDJDediate}T on the matter.: Upon investipiic:c, Mr. Del the object allege~ in his posaeaaiOD vas up-: :: for contact. Ml-. bad preenmabl.T ~ residence at::'. Miaaoul, Montarsa (EIDB 00'2) at an tmobta1aable addreea The intonatic:C in this report ~ obtained frcm_ t pers011s vho bad obeerred the objen., and fro. an inveat1gat1011 ooudncted to deterDrl.ne the physlou ohar~otaris~ica and propttrti&tt of the objec-t. tii. INYESTIGATOih 2LT ROBEM' r . CAOOHI!, AOJ049657 2 eNCt.S. (See Individual Part) ROB8Ri" T. CAUGBIS! t Ottioer in C oimu.unc.~a=r=om=:-:G=:::fi'A:-:-:T;:;OR- -Ck-ig:lnal t,o. D/I HP:XJUSAF . . . eow tto n~!B 46o ;iss. 4~mn ATSS Classified -- Copf to ATIC Cow to D/I 29th Air D1 v ( DEF) Docu rt # Mal mstrall AFB Mont. , men og- AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED 1 JUNE 1~ fA8N V llfACf ) UNCLASSIFiED (CLASSIFICATIOM) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT II[PO~T t.O. / JOHI W. ME Cll Colonel tlS.AF AF FORM 112-PART II UNCLASSIFIED A"PPROVED I JUNE 19~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I REPORT NO. Flight l-B, 4602d AISS lB-UFOB-2-56 PART I o SOURCE: l.f1 ss J!.artinsdal.e , Montana Age: Approx.imatel3 40 Occupation: Educationa 14 years Qualif'ications: l4ar.tinsdale Uont~na, 14 y~rs II. REI..LI\3ILITY& Source, enwll vroman or medium proportions, was vigorous and alert in her physical and mental actions. Her ~tateraeants and vocabulary us a ge \vere i r.dica- ti ve of a broodness of knatfledee and were uttered -,rith a preci~eness anci. logical or- der of expr~33ion . Source initiated the discussion. c on<i9J')l1.Jlg V.r. a.nd the object discovered by him invnedia.tely after she h?.. 'i'ied about t he location of the residence of Mr. U;Jtll confirm!~ Pr. d eparture from d afte~ v~r,y l ted queries by t he investigating officer regarding Hr. ag, educa tion and mechanical aptitude, SQurce supplied a.Jl information on Yr. ch she hacl avaiU1ble. Much information was subjective and Souroe a ost invariably labeled the reJavant state- meAts as suc h prior to uttering t hem. Sou..~e did not appear to be of ths c ommon gossi.p.r" type but rather apr:>ared 9.3 an indivi of norcta*isc ,.etion. Source's de- scriptl.on of t he objeqt discovered by Mr corrobora.teQ. by testimony o! other obsarvers. Source a l<nowledge of local a!' f airs in l:tart i nsdal e , 'f!ontana 11as also generally corroborated by other observers, vdth no appar ent ut-tel"'ances or gest- ures or disrespect being utilized towards her. 'Rer reliabD j t:1 is c onsidered tc O! ''C". I!I. SOURCE'S D~CRIP'l'ION 01 OBJECT AND ! Sou.k-oe was wortd.ng at th !lontana Post Ott1oe, when on the evening of 2.pproxi.mat.ely 1.5 }Jov 56, Ur". entered the Post Office and, with excitement, intorrr.ed S~e that he hatl found an obJct whioh he deetled tQ be ot t i.mport..Uloe, and th proper ident- ity ot which ow. ra-riot -expl.ain wey he co~idereci his discoYery to be ot g,P6'at impo~tanoe. Yr. stated where he had tound the ~bjecrt, but Source ciid not reamber the location. ~he thought it to ther near HJI.lorl.Gwton~ Montana ('EILBl02Aa) or Shawt!IQt, Montana (<&ZLB292l). Mr. ted beea bte !'g_eattl~ .at the t.im or his <iiscoveey_. Mr. oe jsct on h i !l :>a-r!rnn J.nd it. ha4 been I'ull:r .'fr&~e4 in a c e;vaon " .sunny aac:k'. Saurce asked to s ee the Gbjet ~ ~ the object, offerin1 it to S~ce for a cur- aer,y examination. 2. Ob ject was a dull black-gray colored volcanic type rocl~. Objeot was ap- tely 10 inchn {2.5.4 em.) leng and a:;>p~te~ 7k 1nchea (19.05 em) wide. It had a uniform thick:uess of a pproximately 2 inc~es ( .5 .OS em). Su r f aces of ob ject did not t;!\.,., smoothr." o f ;~ass c' r poli.3h.ed :-"c!-:, b u_t . r!j.;! x:ot po 5! _td.itl.~(. ~orr&g~u.ed and J.:-:o'!gnj..a:a =:nr-! .'lce s.u-ah M is conwcul7 t ound on some s t one or rack frag ment-a. ?:hen vie...- e d rrem top, obj was not completely circl but elliptioa~ 1ri s hape with two da- finite ends. _Objeot wa coneav& ttz:t o!le side a."ld convex on th~ opposite aiae. 'l'ha ex- tent o! eor.eaTity and convexity was approx:irraate}3 l inch ( 2.54 em) distant rrom a ho~izontal line dlawn from on~ end of the object to the ether end aP.!)aaring on the same . AF FORM 112-PART II APPRO'YEO I JUNE 19.l.a AIR INTELLI PIEPORT ..0. Flight 1-B, 4602d AISS The degree o! sloping of the concavity and convexity was fairly_ unifo::-m,~. A??ra:dmate- waight of object could not be surmised or estima.ted by Source, but it, ~re~ghed sooe- what heavie r than its siz~ indicated". Cne fragment .. had been brok9n f rom ~oject !-'rior 'to Source's examination. Interior o! object appeared volcanic in ori;in. ~our~ associated the rock-like composition of the object with those types of rocks ~n VJP.ich fossUizod shall and leaf impres3ions a.re comnonly found. Source clajm~ to have on.ly a layman 3 knowled~e of rocks and geological formations and pro!e.ssed to have no baekgrotmd sufficient enough to cor.rectly analyse and cla~sify the substar.ce of .. the gje.ct. Source eta~. that local ra.nchhand.S and herders frequently find retal. comp- onents of airborne meterological equiprDI!tnt and that usually th~se ite!!ls C\re dis!')atched to the Yartinsd3ls !lantana, Post-errice. Source stated that she had dispatched ~.any such items via the' r.tni~ to Ua.lmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Uontan& (EKJC43.3l) and that she \\-&s quite familiar ,_.ith the above itema, which have been brought to the ~!a:-tir.e ~-dale, '1ontana Post Office in aU types of c onditione, varying !rom 31.:ightly damaged . to extr-emely, weathered and rusted. --. . . ~ 3. Souroe stated that many observed th~ objeet diseovered by Mr knowledge, had re~arded t ho object as considering it, of little ints"1ortance. other ~ople i.p Hartinsdale, Uontana ku'\d a.lso and that all obse~vers, 'to her being an unusually-shaped rock, and ther~by 4. During ~ination ~r object by Source., Ur eared ex- cited over his discovery tlnd mad.e-numerous inquiries as to \'there or at what ag~ncy or institut. might disc~V31'=-th$ identity and origin of the object. At no time --did Yr appear to'-give the impression that he oonsidared the 9Gjeet . to be a .UFOE or mis3ile. Upon 1 her cursory examination of the obj=Jet, Source . very jokingly stated to , , n~.py, Peto_yot,1 tva. found a f1 yi nz !Jueer Itt .. ..!\t.. ~& J.tr 8~-~creasin~ ~c;t~ and with an ~anc~ of secret~ venes3 \1rap~e he object and its l into the tgnn.ny sack". Source attributed the subs.gquent aat,iona of lir. to the reraark and -noted an increased degrea ot excitel:lftnt and awe on he part Mr. m the oojact, thereafter. Thia inc~ued excitement and awe coil- -- ti.nueci" until his cleparture rrom V.artinsdale, 2-:rrr~ta.na. Ur. ~so displq- -.. .!Dca.reased interest iri determinin& tbs ori~ o the olject ther He at. Qne t_. dispatcmed an inquii'Y to a"teaN1ologi~aJ. agsnc,-e~r iriatitution in eati!omia" but the eorrsspondsnca hacl been returned unopened due to the .taat. that th.e nama or the i.ntitution or agency.:: bad' 'not been 8 with an address on th8 mailing ;enveloP. ..:.: At. aa~her ti.Jnlt, date-. unknown, contacted a PJ lling31~ Von.ta:&la ~ (~94;) newspaw, the~BUl;i.ng:s Gazette, regarding Iii discovr1~ A local-c:grre= :.... apenclent. of the Billings~ .. Gazette, one Grace Coates., htul then, upon investigation,. re- -. sol.vea that .the comPosing of a ne,!'s ~t<"try for insertion in the above news9a~r wa:s ni:Jt. WU'l'~llted. AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE 1!).6il UNCLASS\FlED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATI- Flight 1-B, 4602d AISS l.B-UPCB-2-56 PAC! ' OF Inclosure Qae ~ Part ODe SOURCE' Sketob ot Objot . AF FORM 112-rART II UNCLASSIFil:D APPROVED I JUNE 1941 . . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT tiE~T NU. ., lB-UPOB-2-;6 PART . ~ . Sc)Urce steted that Mr. . had d~parted~.ltartinsda.le, !!ontana on appro.ximat~ 10 Dec. 56 and that he p or to departure that he intended to gain employment as a cabin-caretalter in another are3. of ~ntana. Ur. lett h~s forwarding address at the Martinsdale l!ontana P.ost Office, but US Poetal Regulation 1'o%'bade the revealine of s11ch by Source. : .. S$Ul'Ce' s ~mory sketch or objeet. AI'?ROVED I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT HUOIIT NO. I. SOURC!a . Approximate~ 50 Occupations Educatio1u 12 ,.ear QnaliticatiODIS Inhabitant, Martinsdale, Montana II. RELIABILnts SOORCB. intelligent and alert but VU alva1a in. the precenae ot M1 appeared at times to lean OD the latter u a apokesm&D. expressed a detW te interest in the oollectiOD and polishing ot roc lea poeseeaing unwnwl characteristioa ar hues however. SOtmCE waa quick to aupp~ estimate CD dimensions ot ob but again, her statistic exact~ refleoted thoae ginn by Miaa Her : . reliabillt7 ia oonsi.clered to ~ c. .. III. DESCRIPI'IOJii OF OBJt.C! t 1. SCR:IRCE during apprax,mateJ.1' lat 56 or eu}7 Deo 56 aav tba object diaoovrecl b7 Mr. SOURCE aa\f. object at the Marttnad&le, Morat Poet e OD one ooeaaion only during the above period of tim. Sb bad no other opporttmi t7 to observe the object. SOURCE deecribld object u bei.Dg approxtmat.l7 10 1Dchea (25.4 em) loag, appradate}7 ?t inch (19.05 cza) wide, with a 1m1tora thiok- llNa thr~outt ot apprc lmJJ.te~ 2 inches {5.08 011). Object va. elltpttaal iD abape. Surtace ot object vas described as amooth, but not. u noo~a .. tl surface ot a. pollahed rook or glaaa. The obJect waa cODoa....a OD oae side and ccmyex OD the oppositA side &PJ)rod.ateJ.7 eq depth ot COilC&Tity and bulge of COAVe:cit7 Depth of ooncaYit7 wu eat1mted to b4t apprcrcintel7 1t incbee (3.81 om). SOtJRCB described objeot u beiDg du] l blaek-trq in color, ud cco- aide:Nd it to be a Yolcwo t3pe rock. SO'CJBC! claimed that rock . fragment identical in color aDd texture to object ire prevalantiD the MartiAIIdle, Moutaoa area. She did not l1tt the object and ecnWl tlwretOJe give no estimate aa to its weight. SOUitCE to have beea rather diaint.rested iD the object upon initial~ observing it, as the idea iuaadiately struck her that a rock of such texture and color would be unfit far polishing aoo therefore of little con."equence or regard to her. 3. SOURCE stated that abe considered Mr 'to be "odd .cr "peculiar" but no additional explaMtion was given other than that ehe considered Mr. "harmless". SOURCB stated that lool ranch-h&nds and herders h&vs ila the past often f'cn.nd oojacta lytig <m the ground whieh attract their inter-tat, aM Jtdch an then pic lead off the grouDd and brought to M&rtinadale, Montana to be displa78d as tempor&r7 ourioaitiea to arrr acquaintance or friend who is approached SOURCE claimed this t;o be a genera~ ooauaoncharacteristic o~ the ranch-ha.Dda and herders in the Martinsdale area. AF FORM 112-PART 11 .o\PPAOV0 1 JUNE I~ : AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I RS:fiOJCT ~ .,. SOURC! at&te:.i that met" cmponeata c4 airb<4"ne veather equipcaont are . ofteD discovered CD the r&Jli8 areas abottt Martinsdale, Montana, and that tbe diacoveri..ng pera em, whoever he miJ' be P!ieral 11 brings these metal piece a to tbe Martiudale Poat ott ice, so tb&t the pieces .mrq be diapetobed to Ma]metr011 DB, Great Falla, KolltaDa . SOURCE claims to be quite tea1J1ar vith the abcwe t1pe iteu and expressed her op1n10D that tbe ranch-banda and berdera in the loca.lJ.t1 gene~ are SOURCB atatecl tbat abe belieYed ,.,.~ other 1Dhab1tet.s ot Martili;d,aJ.e, Montaaa bad aeen tbe objeot disco,ered b7 Mr. and ~hat tbe objeot vaa OOIIDonlr believed to be a rock ot UD~ ehape. .. ~- SOORCI did not knov ot &ftl such obserfera vho dissen~ trom the &bote