Sightings1950

Great Falls, Montana film (Mariana)

When: 15 Aug 1950
Where: Great Falls, MT
Sources: 3 public sources

Frame from Nick Mariana's August 1950 film of two lights over Great Falls, Montana parkerdonaldmusic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Baseball manager Nick Mariana filmed two bright lights crossing the sky over Great Falls on 16mm film. The 1953 Robertson Panel attributed them to sunlight off two Air Force interceptors; the 1969 Condon study left the case unexplained, though it said aircraft could not be ruled out.

Sources

OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Case 47: Great Falls Movie Film (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (Condon Report), copy hosted by NCAS / 1969
OfficialCIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90 (Gerald K. Haines, Studies in Intelligence) (opens in a new tab)Central Intelligence Agency / 1997
FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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