3. DATETIMI GROUP Local-2105 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Forsyth, Montana ( 4613N l064ow .t. TYPE OF OBSERVATION IZGround Visual D GrounciRaclar 7. LENGTH OII.OISERYATION L NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS W then N then 0 Probably Bolloon D Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft D Possibly Aircraft Was Astronoml col D Probably Astronomical l'l Po .. ibly Astronomical Venus 0 Insufficient D.te t.r Evoluat;on IRIIII SUMMARY 0111 SIGHTING te 11. COMMENTSPosition of this obJt as given (farther away it got, it turned red). 2 times by witness coincides w/Venus for time igger than star. First observed 8o elevativ and date. Info for position of Venus is azimuth. Disappeared down to horizon 24o taken from the 1961 Almanac. Fm witness position planet would have set at 0435Z. It is FTD conclusion that witness was w ATIC FORM 329 (RBV 21 SEP 52) ing Venus and that atmospheric refracti and extreme brightness of planet (mag- nitude -4.2) were contributing fact:ors to misidentification. A/c reported to b in general area. at time were probably c"' .... _ tributing factors also. INFO: Cor:-: n r ,,~th A!Ff Go lo-r-An,:) (rrir! , rolorac;o Comm,.nrer ;>q At~ ~"iv4.~ion ("'eren~f!) Mslmat.rof'! .'\i.,. For~e Ba~e Great Falls, Hontana Ai~ Technic~l Intelli~ftnee Cpnte~ TlriPht-PAtterson AFB, t1h~o rirpe~or of IntelliP~nc~ Hen~ a'Jfl~ t,-..,rn~ ur A~ b. ('i .. c~l'lnn.re~ t.o "'nOlm ohiect~ fu~r the fo1lnl.lin, te:ms: H~A" o c-R nin. pea, n~ckt~l, ~u,.rf-.~r, h~j_,~ ct<,11Ar, si.liel. <io1l:t~, bA-'!<pthall, trrn;>Pfruit) ~cld in t.he ~1:1r.~ At .a~n,,t Fl""ms l enoth. 2 times r than star. brightne Elevation 80 AziJJUth An~;.P 0~ elevAtto" n:1r~ I-"'roa overhead~ to the ;.Jest back to North thea Weat again. f.o,nma nn -::) i"' Al-. np r~.)I1~Je Co:mttRnn INFO: f'or!f!an~P,. 1nnf.th AI Wnt ~ir fo~e~ qase CoJ.ot"ttf1v :'\""~ring~, f''olorar"' Conan An~ ~r ~'Jllm~ r.ro~ Ai,.. Fo-ree Ba!!!~t Gr!!s:t F:1ll s, l\'!ontana Air Tech~ic~l !ntelli nce G~nte~ TTrit7\l"t-P--d;te-r~on AFB, Oh ~ o rirector of IntalliP~nc:, HeA~O\Iar r~ urA~ \'i) !'escr1n~.;on of' t. he ob'P.ctH A" r.n'd OUIMI b) ri7.f' C"'1'lt"1r~ to '-'nou~ o~,'fects (,;,~p the follnwin;f te:ums: H~nr o~ n rin; pe~, ~ii11~., 7l.!.Ckt:1 J QllRT"t.prt hqll (l,-,l1t:rt ~'tlver iio1l.,r, 'bf!l(eth~ll, V?1.pP.froit) held in ~.h~ hrn:~ nt ahnnt ::tr'~'=' lenrtth. 2 t~ 9~ ~o tivn 1~ more then one. 1\n-,. ,...,i::cerni hle-features or ;a,.t,~ils. the! ob;ortsJ Glanced up at, '~:at. i rst ~ ller. ~he attention br.ightne: J\r! -.t~ of' Pl~va ti en n~.~ Elentilon 8o0 A b~ck to Nortb D We~ aga!a. ?.t."17'~,j!' .)'f n'l s~ppP.!l nc~ or nh.tect~., .Ealow Horizon. flo~ - i ton th of. None c. If 3-l o(ii~in' is .P"Hi~ c.>l ,-f:ot~rn~, (~, Ti-e an~ ~nt of SiPhtinp: &te/ti:nft "T"OUT\ of s~ ~ht.irur: Ol,OSZ b. Hilitat;r---Nruae r ~1ach,, or n!zatton, outy, a nd ''3t.1ma~e of , ... )l.l..l~iiit:rl) 000' lMP 119kte 2o,ooot tl6kU 30,000' 1900 fll18kt8 So,ooo .3SOO ~)leta bo,ooo N/A c. 'cd 1 irnl ~lear \Tisi h~ . .t1 tv, l$JU.lea n. "r-~"un t of clour c~Pr. Clear to bigb "':1u e,.. ~tor.ts in ere& ~m ounr1~.,nt 1 n Anv oth,..,.. "hich loc~ten. , ur.c~ orue Forsyth, Montana frca Whola Wheat. 2.SOO 8 32NM. oraJth, Montana r1i1lGat;;-N&.~e, crJad ,.,, or2an~zation, clut:r, ~,~n eat!nlit e cf ral.la.bill ~7, h _ 1i :?hti n,., (I No predicted WX refaction. B.IL @ tiaJOZ Alt ll