Black Vault compilation, pp. 91-93

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MEZ.lORANDUM FOR RECORD.
Subje~t: Unidentified Sightings
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1. 0308 EST FONECON from NORAD Command Director: at 0253 EST
Malmstrom AFB Montana received seven radar cuts on the-height-
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finder radar at altitudes between 9,500 1 and lS,SOo•. Simultaneously,~~
. ground witnesses observed li9hts in the sky and the sounds of jet
engines similar to jet· fightens. ·Cross-tell with FA.~ . revealed
no jet aircraft within lDONM of the sigh.tings. Radar tracked the .
. objects .. over Lewistown, Montana ·at a speed of sewn (7) knots.
Two F-106 intercepters from the 24th NORAD Region were scrambled
at 02~4 . EST and became a~rborne · at 0257 EST. At the time_of tne
initial voice . report personnel at· 1-!a.lmstrom AFB and SAC sites
Kl, \K3, L3 and L6 were\reporting lights i~ the sky acc~panied
·by jet engine· noise. ·
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2. 0344 EST FONECON, •same source·: : •..
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Objects could not be intercepl;eu. Fighters had to maintain a
minimum of 12~000' because of mountainous terrain • . Sightinqs
had turned west, increased speed to 150 knots. ~o tracks were
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apparent on height~finder radars 10-1~ Nl4 apart. SAC site K3 .
reported sic;htings be·t,..-1een 300 • and 1, 000' · while sit~ L-4 reported -
sightinqs SNM NW of their positicn. · Sightings disappeared from
radar at position 46SON/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: •
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0405 EST: Malmstrom receiving intermittent tracks on both
search and height-finder radars. SAC site C-1, lONM SE of ·
Stanford, Montana, .reported visua·l sightings of unknown objects •
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0420 EST: Personnel at 4 SAC sites reported observing inter-
cepting F-106's arrive in area; sighted objects turned off their
lights upon arrival of interceptors, and back on upon their
departure.
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