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Incident #130

ATTN TO. --- ☑ DAVE OF INFO 17 May 1948
AT No. --- ☐
SUBJECT: Ret. Llavra T. "Ila" Clay, Montana
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SCHER: "Ila" Civilian
DATE OF REPORT --- ☐
DATE IN TO ATT: --- ☐
TIME OF REPORT: Night
COURT: White
SHADT: White
SHADT: Fairly Large Compared with A/C
SHADT: Shut, slightly South, then West
NO. IN: 1
NAME: ---
FIRE OR INFORMATION: Ground
PREPARE: 1
PREPARE: 1
PREPARE: 1
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CONFIDENTIAL

Incident #130 -- Plovma, Montana -- 17 May 1948

If the report is to be taken at face value, then no astronomical explanation of this incident is possible.

However, in seeking even a remote logical explanation for the incident, the present investigator is impressed with the fact that on this very night, May 17, Venus was at its greatest brilliancy, with a magnitude of -4.2, or about 100 times brighter than a first magnitude star. It would have appeared that night as an intensely bright light in the northwest.

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DECLASSIFIED
Authority NND 788078

Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT.

INCIDENT INDEX

1. Astronomical

a. High probability:
#26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 219, 238.

b. Fair or low probability:
#19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 36, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 100, 112, 120, 121, 128, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.

2. Non-astronomical but suggestive of other explanations

a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42…