28953517.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP 22 Feb 53 23/0445Z | 2. LOCATION Dodson, Montana  |
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|  3. SOURCE Giv Man | 10. CONCLUSION Astro (VERS) Source stated that he thought that object was too bright to be astronomical, therefore, it is concluded that object was probably Venus.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One  |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 Min | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Bright red object grew brighter than suddenly turned in a W direction changing to rose color rapidly growing dimmer and disappearing. Object was at estimated altitude of 2000'.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visua…

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RE033 ACTION UNCLASSIFIED
WPC030
XYC018
XDC025
CXD021
XMB003
JWPQG 06 1953 FEB 25 10:02
PP JEPHQ JEDWP JWPNJ 333
DE JWPQG 06
P 250020Z ZNJ ---
FM CO 1701ST ATJG GT FALLS AFB MONT
TO JEPHQ/DIR OF
IAJ CDGS USAF WASH D C
JEDWP/CHIEF ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JWPNJ/CS ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO
/S/ GFOIN-2-1825 /FLYOBRPT/ SUN 22 FEB 53 AT
APPROX 2145 MST AND UNIDENTIFIED FLY OBJ WAS SIGHTED
OVER DODSON MONT REPT OF DODSON MONT WHO STATES THAT
OBJ WAS APPROX AT 2000 FT AND APPEARED TO BE BRIGHT RED IN COLOR AFTER
SEVERAL MIN OBSER OBJ MO FR XO TO N AND GREW BRIGHTER. TH…

UNCLASSIFIED
Intelligence Officer
Hq. CNTLD MATS, Kelly AFB, Texas
IR-213-53 2 2

1. Report of the sighting was made by observers to the 1701st Air Transport Wing, Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana on 24 February. The following day an investigation team consisting of the Wing Operations and Training Officer proceeded to Dodson, Montana to interview witnesses. No written statements were taken from the witnesses who were Mr. [redacted], a Mr. & Mrs. [redacted] and their two sons [redacted] and [redacted]. All witnesses agreed as to what they observed which was in substance as follows:

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United States
UNCLASSIFIED
22/21 30 MST
DO DSON, Montana

F1YCBRPT
Montana
Intelligence Officer, CNTLD, MATS
Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas
18 March 1953
22 February 1953
F-2
Major J. M. Penny, USAF
Civilian Observers
TEX from CO 1701st At Wg, Great Falls AFB, Montana (No. and Date Time Group Unknown)

Submitted in accordance with AF LTR. No. 200-5, dated 20 April 1952, Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting.

At approximately 2130 MST on 22 February 1953 an Unidentified Flying Object was observed visually from the ground by five (5) civilians at a point 5 to 7 miles west of Dodson, Montan…

"The story I related to my husband and friends, but without them showing any enthusiasm. I let the matter drop, and to my surprise read later of Captain Bicknell's experience over Mt. Kilimanjaro in 1951, and saw the exact shape in an illustration of what I had seen and drawn previously for my husband and several friends."

(Mrs. [redacted]) sketch of the object enclosed with her report tallies in most major respects with a sketch of the object seen by Capt. Bicknell and others over Mt. Kilimanjaro in February 1951, the only perceptible differences being that Mrs. King's reported object did no…

Information Only (No Case)
Course: GSI (NZ)
23 February 1953
Sidney, Australia

# SYDNEY, N.S.W. FEBRUARY 23, 1953.

The report of what is believed to be the largest saucer ever observed, reached the Australian Flying Saucer Bureau from Nairobi, East Africa.

Eye witness, Mrs. [redacted], Nairobi, wrote:-

"I left Lombasa at the end of June 1947, on the S.S. Llandovery Castle en route to Cape Town, and going through the Straits of Madagascar about the beginning of July was on deck with another lady passenger approx. 11 p.m. when we noticed a particularly bright star. It was travelling very fas…