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Great Falls, Montana, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Great Falls, Montana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 2Mar61 口 Was Balloon Great Falls, Montana 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 1735 Local~ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft GMT 0301352 AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol METEoR Yes Probably Astronomicol BNo Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 5-10 sec 口 Unknown 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF.SIGHTING BetWeen head Of pin and 1. coMMENTsDescription is characteristic f pea, initial burst was green; trail white. meteor, and "burst" indicates a bolide. Ojt not sightd only burst,although trail Objt apparently observed over a wide stopped for a second and then resumed. Dis- area indicating it was at a high altitude. appear

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