A 1953 Naval Photographic Interpretation Center progress report analyzes motion-picture footage recorded in Utah and Montana in 1952. It documents photogrammetric and densitometric methods, describes blue-white disk-like images, and reports calculated motion while retaining assumptions and limits in the analysis.
Montana UFO Film
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DOW-UAP-D098, Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953Department of War23 pagesAug 7, 2026RELEASE-05-FILE-001-DOW-UAP-D098-FILM-ANALYSIS-OF-UNIDENTIFIED-OBJECTS-1953
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...

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