Investigation of UFO Reported Landing on 24 March 1967

This document collection details the investigation into a reported UFO landing near Belt, Montana, on the night of March 24, 1967. A truck driver reported seeing a dome-shaped object emitting an intense bright light land in a ravine approximately 1.5 miles south of U.S. Highway 87-89. The witness claimed the object lifted off and then settled back into a ravine hidden by a ridge. The report was relayed to the Cascade County Sheriff's Office and subsequently to Malmstrom Air Force Base. Lt. Col. Lewis D. Chase, the Base UFO Investigating Officer, coordinated the response. A ground search was conducted by the Sheriff's office, and an aerial survey was planned for the following morning. Despite these efforts, the search yielded negative results, and no physical evidence of a landing was discovered. The investigation concluded that there was no evidence of a craft landing. Furthermore, in subsequent correspondence dated July 3, 1967, Lt. Col. Chase addressed inquiries from the Foreign Technology Division regarding potential equipment malfunctions or classified experiments, stating that the office had no knowledge of such events and that no validity could be established for rumors of government suppression of the incident.