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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  5 May 50 | Richoy, Montana | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local CMT N/A | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION N/A | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS many | 9. COURSE N/A  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Strip of aluminum found in a fi…

S.D. 14-10

A.F.

May 5, 1961

Chas. D. Fenao
Washington, D.C.

Chas. Disp. to
A.T.C. for
analyses &/or
evaluations

Dear Sirs:

I found a strip of aluminum
foal, enclosed, while walking in a
fill. There has been many strips
of this material found over a large
area.

I would like to know what
this material is. If you know
what it is would you please
write to me and tell me what
it is?

Yours truly,
S. Richey, Montana

S15-10

Richey, Mont.

Civil Defense Department,
Washington,
D.C.

Foil

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|  1 NAME OR TITLE | Col. Vincent C. Rothman | INITIALS |  | CIRCULATE  |
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|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | APCIN-4E4 | DATE | 1 | COORDINATION  |
|  2 | Mr. Nicholas Post |  |  | FILE  |
|   | APCIN-4E |  |  | INFORMATION  |
|  3 | Major L. J. Tacker |  | 3 | NECESSARY ACTION  |
|   | SAFIS-3 |  |  | NOTE AND RETURN  |
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REMARKS
Suggest the letter attached be used as an answer to
Mr. [redacted]
Richey, Montana

Mr. [redact…

WATERS

24 June 1959

Dear Mr. [redacted]

The Air Force wishes to thank you for your recent report of a material found in a field near Richey, Montana, which appeared as strips of aluminum. The sample of the material which you forwarded with your report has been analyzed and determined to be chaff.

Chaff is a material which is dropped from aircraft in an effort to make radar detection difficult. In this instance the chaff was dropped by our planes during a practice mission.

Sincerely

LAWARENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Officer
Public Information Division
Office of Information Service…

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  5 Nov 59 | Dayton, Ohio | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 06/0000Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | Military |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER …

U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contac…

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One):
a. None
b. A few
c. Many
d. Don't remember

8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Bright moonlight
b. Dull moonlight
c. No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remember

9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One):
a. Yes — Much
b. No
c. Don't remember

10. IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?:
(Circle One)
a. A mile or more away (a distant car) — Replaced light
b. Several blocks away…