The Great Falls Air Force Base was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955, according to Wikipedia.
Thursday, 26 December 2019
UFO Case Report (E-mail):
“Subject: July 29, 1952; Great Falls AFB, Montana/ Cover-Up, Saucers, Plan 62, 50 Witnesses,
(and later a Movie Film of UFOs).”
By Daniel Wilson, 24 October 2007
(NICAP.org)
Quote from Daniel Wilson’s e-mail:
“The following pdf file contains all of the resized Project
Blue Book documents below and is now housed on the NICAP site for security
reasons.
docs/520729ennisBB_docs.pdf
The original over-sized docs from the Blue Book site
are listed below:
July 29, 1952; Great Falls AFB , Montana
An attempt of a cover-up seems to have been made here.
Sgt. Boden at Great Falls AFB, Mont. , heard a
transmission from McChord AFB, Seattle, Washington of ‘flying saucers’ hovering
there and that the saucers were headed towards Great Falls AFB, Montana. The
transmission was over Plan 62 Voice Circuit (remember this from the Mantell
case?) [squawk box or Long Horn] Several people heard this transmission which
was cut off right after ‘flying saucers’ was mentioned. Later McChord AFB
denied making such a transmission. There were about 50 witnesses to this event.
A separate sighting was made at Ennis , Montana ,
by 12 or more civilians. Movie film was taken here of an incredible
sighting--objects forming clouds around themselves--smaller discs coming out of
the cloud etc. See twenty-seven (27) Blue Book documents below. Newspaper
article included-- transcript below.
Incident began at around 1540 hours MST, July
29, 1952
USAF personnel, alerted that UFO’s were coming from
the direction of Seattle, saw 4 flat disc-shaped objects, one hovered 3-4 mins,
while the others circled it. The stationary object then flew southeast and the
other three objects flew due west and disappeared. The speed of the objects was
estimated at over 1,000
mph . Other objects were seen near Great Falls , Montana ,
up until about 1630 hours.
The USAF personnel that witnessed the UFOs were at the
Great Falls Air Force Base, Montana .
First notification of the flying objects was heard from the Seattle ,
Washington area (presumably McChord AFB) over
the Plan 62 Voice Circuit of the Transport
Control Center ,
Great Falls AFB. The transmission was cut off suddenly, immediately after the
statement regarding ‘flying saucers’ was made. This transmission was heard by a
number of individuals.
S/Sgt Charles Boden, 1701st Traffic Squadron, Great
Falls AFB, sighted the objects immediately after this Plan 62 transmission. and
called CAA Tower ,
Gore Field, Great Falls , Montana , who in turn notified a local
newspaper, the Great Falls Tribune. A reporter from the Great Falls Tribune
contacted S/Sgt Boden, who inadvertently gave the reporter information
regarding unidentified flying objects and Plan 62 transmission from the Seattle , Washington
area, upon which the release in the Great Falls Tribune was based on. At
approximately 2200 hours MST S/Sgt Boden received a call from an individual who
identified himself as PIO Officer, McChord AFB, who denied any transmission or
reception of any statement regarding ‘flying saucers’. The UFOs were seen by an
estimated 50 persons including officers, airmen, and civilians.”
Daniel Wilson also presents U.S. government (Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force) documents that pertain to
the UFO case.
I also reported about this e-mail on 12 November 2012.
The Great Falls Air Force Base was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955, according to Wikipedia.
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Aerial view of Malmstrom Air Force Base,
(wikimedia.org photo)