Informe sobre avistamento de objeto não identificado na região de Lewistown, Montana.

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C THE JOINT STAFF = PA NMCC THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301 8 November 1975 0600 EST MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD Subject: Unidentified Sightings a 1. 0308 EST FONECON from NORAD Command Director: at 0253 EST vd Malmstrom AFB Montana received seven radar cuts on the height- à Rg finder radar at altitudes between 9,500' and 15,500". Simultanequ! E ground witnesses observed lights in the sky and the sounds of jat E engines similar to jet fighters. Cross-tell with FAA revealed | no jet aircraft within 100NM o£ the sightings. Radar tracked thié objects over Lewistown, Hontana at a speed of seven (7) knots. Abi Iwo F-106 intercepters from the 24th NORAD Region were scrambiedi|| at 0254 EST and became airborne at 0257 EST. At the time of the. initial voice report personnel at Malmstrom AFB and SAC sites Kl, K3, L3 and L6 were reporting lights in the sky accompanicd Ni by jet engine noise. AM 2. 0344 EST FONECON, same source: E | * Objects could not be intercepted. Fighters E to maintain a minimu:: o£ 12,;000' because of 'mountainous terrain., Sightings had turned west, increased speed to 150 knots. Two tracks were. apparent on height -finder radars 10-12 NM apart. SAC site K3 H reported sightings between 300' and 1,000! while site L-4 reported) sightings 5NM NW of their position. Sightings disappeared from radar at position 4650N/10920W at a tracked speed of three (3) knots. 3. At 0440 EST, NMCC intiated contact with the NORAD Command | Director who reported the following: | , 7 hi 0405 EST: Malmstrom receiving intermittent tracks on both | search and height-finder radars. SAC site C-l, 1ONM SE of ' Stanford, Montana, reported visual sightings of unknown objects. E 0420 EST: a sonnel at 4 SAC sites reported observing inter cepting F-106's arrive in area; sighted objects turned off their | lights upon a of interceptors, and back on upon their É Ê departure.

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“PR 450p2lA R | 0440 EST: SAC site C-1 still had a visual sighting on objects. 4. NORAD stated that Northern Lights will sometimes cause phifhómen. such as this on height-finder radars, but their check witi w* ther services revealed no possibility of Northern Lights. 5. NHCC notified Washington FAA at 0445 EST of the incidents described above. They had not received any information prioh to this time. 6. 0522 EST FONECON with NORAD Command Director: At 0405 EST: SAC Site L-5 observed one object accelerate and climb rapidly | to a point in altitude where it became indistinguishable from |“ the stars. NORAD will carry this incident as a FADE remainin UNKNOWN at 0320 EST, since after that time only visual sightinys occurred. + po | | dos Le A es. E: LE ts Da, “TºWILMAN D. BARNES Brigadier General, USA | Deputy Director for - di Operations, NMCC Vo Hi Copy to: , . ! DDO ADDO ccoc “ALL AREA DESKS | | | |