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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  25 June 64 26/0527Z | Polson, Montana  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian (Physicist) | 1. ECHO II 2. AIRCRAFT  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Two | Objects were high and resembled an ECHO Satellite, which observer has seen before. Objects were close together and appeared to meet (or come very close together) at which point one of them veered away at an apparent higher speed and at an abrupt turn. The other continued fairly constant in direction and much slower than the first with a jerky ap…

30 December 1964

Dear Mr. [redacted]

This is in reply to your letter of 17 December regarding an unidentified object observed in June, 1964.

One of the objects sighted was likely ECHO II. ECHO II was in the area heading northeast at the time of your observation. The information which you presented did not include the duration of the sighting or the direction in which the objects moved. It is most likely that ECHO II was observed in conjunction with an aircraft at high altitude, and the apparent turn of one object was the aircraft making a change in direction.

Since you have additional data…

SUGGESTED REPLY

Champaign, Illinois 61821

Dear Mr [redacted]

This is in reply to your letter of 17 December 1964 regarding an unidentified object observed in June of 1964.

We wish to inform you that one of the objects was likely ECHO II. ECHO II was in the area heading Northeast at the time of your reported observation. The information which you presented did not include the duration of the sighting or the direction in which the objects moved. It is most likely that ECHO II was observed in conjunction with an aircraft at high altitude, and the apparent abrupt turn of one object was the air…

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UFO Sighting, 25 Jun 64, North of Polson, Montana 28 Dec 64

Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Hunt)
Wash D C 20330

This office is in receipt of a letter from Mr [redacted] reporting an unidentified flying object observed on 25 Jun 64. The attached is a suggested reply to him. Also request that a self-addressed envelope be forwarded with your letter.

FOR THE COMMANDER

ERIC T de JONCKHEERE
Colonel, USAF
Deputy for Technology and Subsystems

1 Atch
Suggested Reply
cc: Dr Hynek

FILE NO. 1

Dec. 17, 1964

Capt. Quintanilla,
Project Bluebook
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, Ohio

Sir,

I realize that the incident I have to offer is some six months old, but perhaps it will be of some interest.

On June 25 of this year a companion and I were camping just north of Polson, Montana. Since he is a lawyer and, at the time, I was employed as a physicist at 117 Research Institute of Chicago, I feel that the agreement of our observations rules out imagination.

At 10:27 PM we were having coffee with four "others in the campground, which was on the east shore of Flathead Lake, when we suddenly w…

Champaign, Ill.
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Capt. Quintanilla
c/o Project Blackoak
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, Ohio

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DEC 10 1900
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course was a gradually convergent one, and they were close together. They appeared to meet (or come very close) at which point one of them neared away at an apparent higher speed and at an abrupt turn. They other continued fairly constant in direction and much slower than the first. We were able to follow it for some time. Its perky appearance (with even light intensity) makes Echo a likely candidate. A rough diagram follows with Ursa Major added for orientation. As mentioned before, the first direction followed was a bit south of easterly.

--- ECHO? ---
Unknown

Actually, this diagram is bad…

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Both diagrams seem to show the
abled and dotted lines as colinears.
In actuality this was not the
case. In fact, one immediate fact
we all recognized was the difficulty
in deciding which object
weered and which remain constant.
A later interviewed my friend,
who had not entered into the
initial discussions. He wanted to
keep his own observations firmly
in mind. As I mentioned, his
observations were very similar to
my own.
I have a sheet of paper with these
and other facts as to appearance,
color, size with respect to stars,
etc. Also on the sheet is the
drawing of the event as it appears
…