U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952

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l. 15 August 1950
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Between 1125 and 1130 Mountain Standard Time
3. a. 26th and Eleventh Avenue North, Great Falls, Montana
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Two objects, entrail, approximately fifty yards apart.
5.
The u. s. Weather Bureau, Gore Field, Great Falls, Montana, which
keeps a record of the observable celestial phenomena or planets
reports that there were no such phenomena observable on 15 August 1950.
6.
Distance o!objects from observer:
a.
Approximately three- qu.a.rters of a mile laterally in a westerly
d.ir~ction.
b. The angle of elevation from the horizon was about thirty-five
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degrees.
c.
The altitude was approximately ten thousand feet.
7. Mr. Mariana states object was in sight to him a total of about
twenty seconds and about seven seconds to his secretary, Miss Raunig.
s. Mr. Mariana states that the appearance of the object was:
a. Of a bright clean aluminwn surface.
b.
disc shape-apparentl:3' had depth
c.
Objects appeared to be of metal material
d.
According to observer, obj ects were about fi.fty feet in diameter
and three feet in depth.
NOTE:
Observer has had occasion to frequently observe USAF C- 54' s
i n fli ght in the l ocal area and states the objects had a
diameter a.bout three-quarters of the wing span of a C-54
when viewed from the si de.
9. Direction of flight: Objects were moving in a southerly direction.
10. Tactics or maneuvers: Mo~emente of objects were horizontal but
slightly erratic as to speed.
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11. No evidence o.f exhaust.
12. No clouds were observable on that date.
13. No lights were observed as being attached to objects.
14. a. No wings observed
b. No aerodynamic list of fuselage observed.
c. No vertical jet observed.
d. Objects, according to observer, definitely had an appearance of
a spinning motion; however no rotating cylinder or cone wae observed.
e. No aerostatic lifting devices were attached to objects.
15. a . No propeller or jet device observed.
b. No rotor observed.
c. No aerodynamic vanes observed
d. No visibl e exhaust or jet openings.
16. a . No fins observed
b. No stabilizer s observed.
17. No air ducts observed.
18. Speed estimated by observer to be approximately two hundred mph.
19. No sound; objects had a purported II
sh" sound.
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