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The Montana UFO Film
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
16s
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Moderate context
The report has enough structure and source material to stay in active review.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 765a2f9e-0683-4034-9b99-3b76f910ebed.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (92%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Aug 15, 1950, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Mountain Time
Location
Great Falls, Montana
Duration
16s
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
The Montana UFO film was shot on August 15, 1950, in Great Falls, Montana, by baseball team manager Nick Mariana. He and his secretary witnessed two bright silvery disks that appeared to stop or hover before he grabbed his 16mm camera. Mariana filmed the rotating disk-shaped objects for about 16 seconds as they moved across the sky. After he stopped recording, two F-94 jets flew over. The Air Force initially claimed the objects were sun reflections from the two jets but after further analysis...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Great Falls, Montana.
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Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
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telemetry
Environmental pass
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