t.;.LV t ,an t. N ; lt~P.E R OF OBJECTS ! " LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 00.v e rCi.l m.i.n u t.cs l'I'PE OF ORSERVATION { Gro1;ncl r-7. COURSE j s-,, rHOTOS I ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ra v u 1c . .: .L~d rr.cd [.l'Otllld. unu a j r ::il:arc .... .u .nrJJrl : iio PV i dcnCC \.J~lS Ul.SCOV~:.:~.!Ct t.rJa t. WOUJ.U J.J~O..~.C~il.~ crafl. J.~ndcd.. FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevloue e dltlc>ne of lhle form mv be uaed, ACTION: RDC-4 FP RUEOHoA 2NR uuuuu FM 341SMW MALMSTft()i TO RUWRM.9' AOC ENT AJ~ BOA/ 28 A 0 MALMS TR CN RJ EOF' I AIF' TO WR I Gf T PATTERSON AJEDHt:l ;VC SAF' WASH IN GT Gt"J FUEOHQAI CSAF WASHI NGTCN UNCLASSIFIED nv,ur."IMf OF TMI AJ FORa ST AIF MISSAGI BlANCH INCOMING MBSAGI ;JJCLAS ZIPPO 241; MAR 67/SUBJ: PREtiMHJ FTO f m TCETR, C SAF F CR. AFROC, OS F ~ SAF-01. EET'NEEN THE HOJRS 2100 AND 0400 MS ROUS REPCRTS YRE RECEIVED BYMALMSTRCM AFB AGENCIES ~ UFO 51 GHTINGS IN THE ~EAT F ALLS M CNTANA AREA, FPCRTS Cf A UFO LANDING NEAR BELT, MONTANA WERE RECEIVED fR ~ SEVERAL SOORCES I NCLUO l~G OEPUTI ES ~ CASCADE C OJNTY 91RirFs CFFICEo IN'IEST~GATIC'JIIS BEINGCONOUCTEOBY UNCLASSIFIED Page 1 of 2 UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMINJ Of ntl All FOICI STAn MISSAGI lllMOf IHCOMINI MISSAGI LT C a_ LEWIS CHASE PHCNEt DUTY EXT 2215, HCNE 4521135 t1\SE CPERATIONS (ffiCER. THE ALLE~O LANDING SITE IS UNDER SURVEILLAN~E, HOWEVER DAYLIGHT IS REQUIRED FOR FURTHER SEARCH PAGE 2 RUCS BB 165 UNCLAS ~ERIFF ~s Cff ICE WILL C CNOUCT A LAND SEARCH AND A HELL I C<PTER FRCM MALMSTR"" ArB WILL C()JOUCT THE AIR SEARC~ FCl..L0\\1-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED AS DETAILS BECOME AOVAJLABLE. AFHQ wen 0309C UNCLASSIFIED Page 2 of 2 I I J U r l I' Investigation of UFO Reported Landing on 24 March 1967 Dr. Condon University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80302 1. At approximately 2100 hours on the night of 24 March 1967. a truck driver by the of Laurel~ Montana was pro- ceeding Northwest on U.S. Highways -89 to Great Falls. ,Nhen~ approximately Z mii~s Sout~east of the turn-off to Belt, Montana, he claimed he saw a'buge dome shaped object, emitting an intense bright light" land in. a :ravine .approximately 11/Z miles s:uth of the highway. Mr. rke~ his truck and approached the object. As. he- appr d, tm, object lifted off. the. gro,md only to settle back i~ a raviile hidden~ 'from the highway by -a ridge. Mr flagged - doWn.a passing motorist (M G lls) and requested . :: . that the Sheriff' s office be, no.ti ~d. .-: This was done by Mr d . : . " : . a liighway patrolman was .dispatched to the scene. (Mr. Bud Nader). . .. ' Mr .. .' Nader reported that upon reaching the scene he obse.,.~ lig~ emina~ng from the area that the truck driver, Mr. claimed the:object had landed the second time. The ravine where the object. was claimed to be located was-extremely s~ep and rOc~--and not accessible to:the highway patrol. Further numbers of officers-Were . ~sj;atched f~OIJI> the Sheriff's" Office, of Cascade County. .. . .. . . . z.::.~ ... -Numera,:~a~pe;rta . re :being received by the dispatcher at:: Base ... ... t Opezations, .. plus questions from tbe public . A.t.-2205.; Lt Col_Lewis: ~; .: . D.'~Cnase,_._&lae(UFO Inye.stigating 9ffic~r, was-notified by the-Con1mand < Post-of the Te}!Q~ted landi*g. Sequence of events folloWing the-notifica-. : .. .! ~- -Check was made. with Base Operations as to aircraft move- ment in the area. An outbO\U:?.d transient aircraft departed G~eat Fall~ en~oute to Glasgow. Montana. Departure time wa Zl09. All other aircraft were accounted !or . Discussion with the Sheri of Cascade County r e vealed th!.t he had dispatched a dditional deputies t:> the area . ~equested that he notily me of any aigni.ficant findings. While talldng to the sheriff. he contacted one of hi mobil e unit1. T!~e man reporting said thac they were at the scen e and that there was no activity at the time. Requested the sheriff to for'\v~rd any subsequent developments . 2330 -I called the SheriU of Cascade County for a status report. He . put one of his deputies on the line (Ziener?) who had been at r. the SC8Mt had interviewed the truck driver and highway patrolman.. While on the phone, Sheri! Martin from Belt, ~ton .. called in from the scene. He discu3sed the nossi- ..... . bility of mAnpower aaaistance from ~talmstrom and/ or ~: helicopter support . Informed him that daylight would be the .. ~ ; .. " first poaaible helicopter support and that I 'Nould di!cuss the .. ~ other - r requet with Colonel Kllbbe Z34S~::.. .. Discualoii 'with C~ . 1 Klibbe.: He suggested that I go out 003~'li :;Departed the~baae in:a radio equipped station wagon accompanied . K~:._;~;; .. ~;~: by MaJO~J'ohn Gra.aer -of the Helicopter Section, for an evalu- . ;;/ .: .. ' ."~<-:-:ation '!I ~he _terrain for any poa~ible helicopter survey at daylight, ~- 0100., ;7-w Arrived-' -at the eene~:-.Was met by Sherif! Martin, who repeated:--:~; .. -.. . :- :..:- : the.prev.toua. reports. : He had been on the scene conttnuoualy. -.. ; ::.: .~ .: . :!, - ;\:.:.A atudy~.ol the terrainl2'evealed the hopelessness of any ground . . --.: >-:. . -:~:-: :.~-~;o~ . o_rduct a ground aearc~ o~.the ported landing area ~n ~ . -~ :~-~:;~::Sheriff Mutm intended. to continue \vatch of the area. Sight-~:-.:;,, : .. ~; :. aeera were in' the area due to radio publicity and Martin reported . ."'\t -that aome had gone on the ridges before he could stop them. ' _ 0215' ---Reported~to Colonel!dibbe the tentative plan agreed upon with .. . Sheri!! Martin. Ha approved. . 0230 -Numerou !li ghting3 r'!p o-rt4!d. -Diacuaaed the maM-up of a message with Captain Bradshaw, \Ving Command Post, IA\V AFR 80-17, to notify concerned agencie, including CSAF, of numerous sightingg. plus the reported landing under investigation. vVas concerned "vi:h re s11lting publicity and the need to notify other agencies prior to press releases. Message will merely state - ported landing, that it is under investigation, that daylight hours are required to complete the investigation, a.nd that a aub_ae nt report will be submitted. Preliminary xnessage -She#ff' grot,nci jearch and Malmstrom rial survey completed with-negative reaulta. Follow-up tr.e ssage-. , .. _: diapatc:hed to interested agencies (AFR 80-17) .stating .. .: . ;;,egattve. naulta:~of the investigation. . 3. Inveatigati conducted by Lt col Lewis D. Chase, Chief, Operations Diviai Official Addrea: ,Chief, Operations Division, (BO), Malmstroxn ,. .. i i\FB;.: Montana 5.9402. .Telephone area code 406, base phone number 731- .. J.EWJS.;D / CHASE Lt ColODel,-USAF., y to: FTD (TDETR) :.: ... . . Cbie - &t1~8 Diviai011 . -- ~ -- . Wright Patterson AFB, DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 34tST COMBAT SUPPORT G ROUP (SAC) 'lOM A I R FOnCE UASE, M.)NTANA, 5940~ AEP\. Y TO ATTN 011'1 BO sua.JEcTI UFO Observations, Malmstrom AFB Area To1 Colonel James C. Manatt (TDET /UFO) Hq Foreign Technology Division (AFSC) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 1. Reference TDET /UFO letter dated 30 June 1967 on above subject. z. This office has no knowledge of equipment malfunctions and abnormalities in equipment during the period of reported UFO sightings. No validity can be established to the statement that a classified government experiment was in progress or that military and civilian personnel '\Vere requested not to discuss what the y had 3. A written report on the events that transpired during the alleged UFO report~d)anding on 24.March 1967., fully documents all findings by the investigating officer. A copy of this report was forwarded to your office on 3 Aprill967. 4. If we can be of further assistance to you, please do not hesitate FOR THE COMMANDER LEWIS D. CHASE, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Operations Division Peace is our Prof~ssion