Helena Montana — July 1961

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Keywords: montana, sextant, observercs, strategic, grounrj, lrlnterc0pt, qbsvati0, roucd, encoute, vbsvd, j_dly, cjnflc, loulnl, nooar, 09rdg, r0ater, zczgri, j3144zcqja, 136action, je0so, 2ption, moongn, nnttcs, 0si8sdegrees, aihspeed
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3. OATETI.~! G~OUP YPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vi suol CJ Air Vi suol s. PHOTOS 6. S 7. LENGTH OF OBSE~VATION UMBER OF OBJECTS 0 GrounrJ-Rodar 0 A lrlnterc0pt Radar CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Bull e on 0"1 Po~o:ibly Ballo Was Alrc:roh U;,;. Probably Airo::r Ponibly Aircr Was Aatranomi col Probobl y Astro Possibly A:::tro Insufficient D eta for Evaluation -11. COMMENTS lO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Qbsvati0:1 pi:iot l.O d Ll ;;k. t\lc on .]- ' 0 T wo roucd bright objs i n t-rai. l throo inbound t Billings .. Rptc obj W:lo s::tell:.~e. Sizo o f st3... ~:e:'.dy f l i t: h t o n thi~; r ut..:: encoute t..-. ,'!tt~t:to:l straj.~;ltt & l e v e l . Init ia.J.. vbsvd.Li">n a t c e=tt .Falls, Monton:J.. \.,.,uJd nr::-. 4 d~.t,r.s b0l,y1 moon movi~.1g :-.J?j_dly 1.L sent thJ. S CJnflc;uration~ (J b.JS \'loulnl ~stimated 25 dgr elevationo 1nto s u-r: :tt a nooar Lo ba mo.rint; '/lesi. f~.eu in t hrou~h sextant did not r e-veal add~ t l.o ~a I 11 t h'~?l J [',. 000 r t m0v ing lior t h a t Ic~t~res. \ / c was he~tdin~ 09Rdg r . Spee at otlt s nmo nr f~r0ater speed t n A TIC FORM 329 (R Y.V 2fJ SEr 52) ZCZGri'J3144ZCQJA 136ACTION: CI~I-17 ZNR ZDK RJ\1/BND Fr1 GR41 ST?.AT\vG GLASGO\~ AKB MONT TO RJWFALIADC ENT AF8 COl.O RJ\~F KF' /2 ST H AIR D IV RICHARDS G Er3 AUER A FB M ISSQ IJR I ~JE0SO/AT:c WRIGHT PATTE~SON AFB OHIO H JE Z H Q I h J lJ SA F' ~,rASH 2 5 DC TNr;o RJ:.;;.:~R/C INC SAC OFFUTT AFB NF.BR lJi'lCL A 3 DCO I 10 Hl6. A TT N/291H A 1 r~ D IV F'OR StJ':::; nu DESC?2PTION OF COURS~ OF OBJECTCS): (1) FIRST OBSERVED A801JT FOUR DEGREES ELEVATION BEL(lW MOONGN 0V ItlG ~A PIDL Yo --A -1 ED IN ARC AC C._ ~1;.\NiJi::~ OF OBSERVATIG:\l~ NO t!A nE UVRS NOT I CF.:D. :1 IT Y Nt\ KED EYE o IN ATTEt"PT TO I\:P~()it VI.3~ PERISCOPIC SEXTANT nnTtCS DIO ~lOT JRE DETAIL-a THREE H J\~BND ,31 (lSL) RRUE HEADING 0Si8SDEGREES, TRUE AIHSPEED 1t40 K~lOTS, HONE STATION G L!SGO~ A?3 , MONTANA Do TIME ~NO DATE OF S I GHTING: Zo LOCAIION OF OBSERVERCS) (1) 46-3 4N 112-06W, HELENA MONTANA AREA. FGM IDENTITYING !NFORMATIO~ ON OBSERVERCS) (2. ~IL:T~.RY, Ro~L, '~O~RELL, JRo, COLONEL, USAF, DEPUTY COt~- t,lANDE:R GF OPERATIONS, G~r~R~ST STRATEGIC hJING ( Sl\C), GLASG0\1] AFB AAFBt t::.~ t.~EA---::::R AND \~ IND S- A~IFT CONDiT IONS AT TIHF AND PLAC[ Of SIGHTitJGS: P~GE PAGE F'OUR RJWBND 31 1\o CH IE1, INTELLIGENCE DIVIS IONGN 4141 ST STRATEGIC 1ING CSAC), GLASGOW AFB, MONTANA. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATF.S POSSIBILITY OF SATELLITE OBSERVATION AND FOLLOWING IT THE SECOND STAGE OF ROCKEr 3EHIND FIRST OBJECT. r10VEMENT FROM EAsr TO "lEST SEEMS 2112345l JUL RJW9ND .Jig~xt1-;~