MONTANA

BELT
3/24/67
(Magonia)
Numerous reports came from this area, including one of a landing observation. At dawn, police and a Malmstrom AFB helicopter made a search, with negative results.

BILLINGS
January, 2002
See Filer's Files

BILLINGS
January 3, 2003
See Filer's Files

BREKKENS CORNER
8/12/64
(Magonia)
Witnesses gor out of their car to watch an object resembling a "burning haystack," oval or crescent shaped. which rose from the ground, crossed the sky, and was lost to sight in the south.

CANYON FERRY
4/30/64
(Magonia)
Several anonymous adults observed an elongated, glowing object. Two children saw a lighted craft land and take off, leaving four rectangular indentations.

CRAIG
1/1/53
(Bluebook)
8:45 p.m. Witnesses: Warner Anderson and two women. A silver, saucer-shaped object with a red glowing bottom, flew low over a river and then climbed fast in a horizontal attitude. Ten second sighting.

CRYSTAL LAKE
3/9/63
(Magonia)
Amos Biggs observed a silver, saucer-shaped craft with an oval dome, which landed on the frozen lake for 10 minutes. A "door" was opened and then shut, and the craft took off with a buzzing sound.

DILLON
4/3/49
(Bluebook)
11:55 a.m. Witnesses: construction company owner Gosta Miller and three other unnamed persons. One object shaped like two plates attached face-to-face; matte bottom, bright aluminum top; 20' diameter, 4-5' thickness. It rocked or rotated in six cycles, descended, rocked, flew, rocked; all this was very fast.

DUTTON
1953
(Crashes)
A man named Cecil Tenny reported seeing a cigar-shaped object, which exploded into tiny balls of fire after about seven minutes. He was asked to come to Great Falls AFB, where he was questioned and required to sign a statement.

ENNIS
7/29/52
(Bluebook)
12:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF persons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: one hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. Sighting length of 30 minutes not explained further.

GLASGOW
11/13/52
(Bluebook)
2:43 a.m. Witness: U.S. Weather Bureau observer Earl Oksendahl. Five oval-shaped objects, with lights all around them, flew in a V-formation for about 20 seconds. Each object seemed to be changing position vertically by climbing or diving as if to hold formation. Formation came from the northwest, made a 90* overhead, and flew away to the southwest.

GREAT FALLS
8/5/50
(Casebook)
Nick Mariana filmed two bright, silvery objects over Great Falls, which were also seen by his secretary. The film has stood up over time as unexplainable.

MALMSTROM AFB
March 16, 1967
October 18, 1975
UFOs over the base. See Threat to National Security.

OPHEIM
11/13/52
(Bluebook)
2:20 a.m. Witness: radar tracking by USAF 779th AC&W station. An unexplained track was followed for 1 hour, 28 minutes, at 158,000' altitude (30 miles) and a speed of 240 m.p.h. Radar was FPS/3 (PPI).

POLSAN
10/16/98>
UFO Roundup Vol 3 #45

RONAN
10/16/98>
UFO Roundup Vol 3 #45

ST. IGNATIUS
10/10/98
UFO Roundup Vol 3 #46

WHITEFISH
August 31, 2001
See Filer's Files

YAAK
9/1/52
(Bluebook)
4:45 a.m. Witnesses: Visual sighting by two USAF enlisted men, radar tracking seen by three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Two small, varicolored lights became black silhouettes at dawn; flew erratically. One hour.

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