UFO News Article: “Montana Air Base Reports Flying Discs”

30 July 1952

(Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Washington)

Source: NICAP.org

The whole article (text written by NICAP.org):

“Flying saucers which hovered over the Great Falls area and then took off at ‘a tremendous rate of speed,’ were reported Tuesday [29 July 1952] by a sergeant at the Great Falls Air Force Base.

Sgt. Charles Boden said he was listening to a direct communications system with McChord Air Force Base in Washington and learned that saucers were sighted over that Air Force Base ‘heading toward Great Falls.’ Boden said he immediately began scanning the skies, about 2:30 p.m. M.S.T.

Objects Sighted 

About four and a half minutes after hearing the McChord report, he said he sighted the objects. He reported that two of the saucers appeared stationary at first, then another came ‘whipping going West’ and the two stationary objects then appeared to take off, following the third.

(A McChord spokesman said Tuesday night there were several flaws in Boden’s story. He denied there had been any conversation between McChord and Great Falls bases about 2:30 p.m. concerning flying saucers over McChord. And also pointed out that saucers would not be ‘going west,’ as Boden reported, if they were traveling from McChord, in Washington, state, to Great Falls.)

Contradiction?

(‘I can say categorically we logged no unusual sightings over McChord this afternoon,’ the spokesman declared. ‘Two unusual objects at high altitude and Montana traveling at great speed were sighted in the morning, but a check showed definitely they were jets from our own base.’)

Later in the afternoon Boden said he sighted four traveling in the opposite direction. He described the objects as circular in shape and not thick and added they gave off no sound or left no vapor trails.

If the saucers over McChord and the ones Boden reported were the same, a rough estimate of the speed would be 3,360 miles an hour.

Other persons in Great Falls also said they saw saucers.”

http://www.nicap.org/articles/520729ennis_article.pdf

http://www.nicap.org/articles/520729ennis_article.htm

Wikipedia article: “Malmstrom Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the above Wikipedia article:

“Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place (CDP) in Cascade County, Montana, United States, adjacent to the city of Great Falls. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom. It is the home of the 341st Missile Wing (341 MW) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). As a census-designated place, it had a population of 3,472 at the 2010 census.[2]

Malmstrom

Originally named Great Falls Army Air Base, later Great Falls Air Force Base, the facility was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955 in honor of Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom (1907–1954).

Air Defense Command

Great Falls (later Malmstrom AFB) played a major aerial defense role in North American air defense mission. Although the base was not assigned to Air Defense Command, the attached 29th Air Division was activated at Great Falls AFB in early 1950, bringing with them command and control authority of fighter interceptor squadrons, an aircraft control and warning squadron, and ground observer detachments in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado as part of the Air Defense Command Western Air Defense Force. The 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron was activated in 1953 and remained at Malmstrom until 1968, initially flying F-94C Starfire and later F-101 Voodoo interceptors.[3][9]

Great Falls was reassigned to the Central Air Defense Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1953. The 29th Air Division’s area of responsibility changed to include Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska. The 29th supervised the training of its units, and participated in numerous training exercises. On 1 July 1961, the 29th AD was relocated to Richards Gebaur AFB, Missouri.[10]

By 1954, several aircraft control and warning (radar) squadrons had been formed at the base. The 903d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was one of them, and operated an AN/TPS-1D (termed a ‘gap-filler’). This radar was used probably for training purposes. The 903rd AC&W Squadron subsequently relocated to Gettysburg AFS, South Dakota.

In 1957, under the control of the 801st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, the Malmstrom AFB radar station became operational with AN/FPS-20 search and AN/FPS-6 height-finder radars. A second AN/FPS-6 series height-finder radar was added in 1960, and subsequently was upgraded to an AN/FPS-90 set. In 1959 Malmstrom was performing air-traffic-control duties for the FAA, and joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) system on 1 March 1961, the squadron being redesignated as the 801st Radar Squadron (SAGE). In 1964 Malmstrom received an AN/FPS-24 search radar, replacing the AN/FPS-20.”

Wikipedia article: “McChord Field”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McChord_Field

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“McChord Field (IATA: TCM, ICAO: KTCM, FAA LID: TCM) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field’s primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.

The McChord facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army’s Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex.[2] This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer dollars.[3]”

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USGS orthophoto of McChord Air Force Base (Washington State)

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UFO Radio News Report: “39: McChord Air Force Base UFO case news report, May, 1958.”

Sources: Wendy Connors and Internet Archive (archive.org), 
San Francisco, California

Text by Wendy Connors:

“ ‘Faded Discs’ albums are stored here with the clear indication that no rights are implied and no materials may be used in any way to profit financially from them. ‘Faded Discs’ are available thanks to author of the project Wendy Connors and Roderick B. Dyke - archivist of the Archives for UFO Research.

Technical support and upload: Isaac Koi & Giuliano Marinkovic

Wendy Connors, NIGHT JOURNEYS in UFOLOGY”

The UFO incident occurred sometime in April 1958, according to the radio report.

McChord Air Force Base is located near Lakewood, Washington.

https://archive.org/details/ProjectBlueBookGuide/39.mp3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFvCAvoKkGU

(Source: UFO Archives (YouTube channel))

Wikipedia article: “McChord Field”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McChord_Field

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“McChord Field (IATA: TCM, ICAO: KTCM, FAA LID: TCM) is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field’s primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.

The McChord facility was consolidated with the U.S. Army’s Fort Lewis on 1 February 2010 to become part of the Joint Base Lewis-McChord complex.[2] This initiative was driven by the Base Realignment and Closure Round in 2005 and is designed to combine current infrastructure into one maximizing war fighting capability and efficiency, while saving taxpayer dollars.[3]”

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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.

http://www.nicap.org/reports/520729ennis_report.htm

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UFO Case Report: “Jan. 8, 1953; Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash. (BBU 2323)”

(NICAP.org)

The whole UFO case report:

“7:15-7:30 a.m. (PST). USAF ADC 82nd Fighter Interceptor Sq personnel, including Lt Col squadron commander, all on the ground, saw a green, discshaped or round object about the size of large weather balloon, flying to the SW, with a vertical bobbing motion and sideways movements, at about 8,000 ft, below scattered clouds at 9,000 ft and overcast at 12,000 ft, moving away against the wind from 240° until disappearance due to distance not entering clouds. Also observed by base personnel at Ephrata, Wash., about 10 miles WNW of Larson AFB, driving to work at the base. F-94 airborne at 7:43 a.m. searched for 30 mins but UFO had already disappeared at 7:30 a.m. No radar tracks. (Sparks; BB files; Berliner; McDonald 1968)”

http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1953fullrep.htm

Wikipedia article: “Larson Air Force Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larson_Air_Force_Base

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

“Larson Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Moses Lake, in Grant County, Washington. After its closure in 1966, the airport facility became Grant County International Airport.

Air Defense Command

Moses Lake AFB reopened as a permanent installation on 26 August 1948, being transferred from Air Material Command to the Air Defense Command (ADC). The initial ADC base operating unit was the 2755th Air Base Squadron. Under ADC, the base came under the Western Air Defense Force, headquartered at Hamilton AFB, California.

Interceptors

The primary mission of Larson-based ADC aircraft was to protect the secret Hanford Atomic Works and the Grand Coulee Dam.

The first ADC flying unit to arrive was the 325th Fighter-Interceptor Group, which arrived on 26 November 1948. The mission of the 325th FIG was to conduct ADC's All Weather Combat Crew Training School. Its operational component, the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, initially flew Northrop P-61 Black Widows, almost immediately transitioning to the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. A second squadron, the 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron arrived on 2 September 1949, being reassigned from McChord AFB. The 319th also flew the F-82 Twin Mustang.[8][9] The 325th FIG remained at Moses Lake until being reassigned to McChord AFB on 23 April 1950, along with the 317th FIS. The 319th remained until 9 February 1952 when it was reassigned to Suwon Air Base, South Korea flying F-94 Starfires.[8]

The next ADC unit was the 81st Fighter-Interceptor Wing which arrived from 10 November 1949. The 81st FIW flew F-51D/H Mustangs, F-80C Shooting Stars and North American F-86 Sabres from the base. The 81st remained until 5 September 1951 when it was reassigned to NATO and deployed to RAF Shepherds Grove in the United Kingdom.[10][11] During the Korean War, the 116th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Washington Air National Guard was called to active duty and activated at Moses Lake. The 116th FIS was deployed as part of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing to RAF Shepherds Grove.

Tactical Air Command

On 21 April 1952, Larson AFB was assigned to the Tactical Air Command (TAC) under TAC's Eighteenth Air Force, which reassigned the 62nd Troop Carrier Wing from McChord AFB, Washington to the base.

Strategic Air Command

In 1960, control of Larson AFB passed from TAC to Strategic Air Command (SAC) with the 4170th Strategic Wing as the host unit. In 1963, the 4170th was redesignated as the 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing with B-52E Stratofortress and KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft.”

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UFO News Article: “Pilot Reports Winged ‘Vs’ Over Idaho”

24 July 1949

(The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah)

Source: theufochronicles.com

The whole article:

“Seven V-shaped objects which appeared about the size of fighter planes were reported flying within 1500 or 2000 feet of a civilian aircraft over the Mountain Home desert Sunday (24 July 1949).

The pilot told the Idaho Statesman, Boise, that so far as he could determine the objects were not United States planes.

He notified the Civil Aeronautics administration radio station of his experience and the 190th fighter squadron of the Idaho national guard reported it to McChord Field, Washington.

The Statesman quoted the pilot as saying he was ‘frightened and shaken’ by the experience. He said the objects, in tight formation, but not the type of formation used by military aircraft, were flying ‘at tremendous speed.’

The pilot, the Statesman said, has wide experience in aviation. He trained pilots during the war and operates an airport in the Boise Valley. He made his information available only on the condition that his name would not be used, the paper said.

The pilot described the objects as being in the shape of a V, with a solid, circular body under the V.

There was no evidence of any means of propulsion, he said—no propeller and no smoke trails indicating jet or rocket power.

There were no markings of any kind. The color, he said, was a shade he ‘couldn’t describe and hadn’t seen before.’

He said he had the objects under observation for two minutes.

The pilot said he was about ten miles west of Mountain Home, flying toward Boise at about 10,000 feet on the right side of the highway. He said the objects were flying at about 9000 or 9500 feet.

He described the formation as in two lines of three each with the seventh object either in the center, between the two lines, or above them.”

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Wikipedia article: “United States government role in civil aviation”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_role_in_civil_aviation

Wikipedia article: “190th Fighter Squadron”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/190th_Fighter_Squadron

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McChord_Field

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U.S. Government UFO Document: Statement by S/Sgt. Charles C. Boden, USAF, Great Falls (Montana) Air Force Base

1952 (document not dated)
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Quote from the document (not written in U.S. Department of Defense document format):
“I, [Charles] C. Boden, Jr., S/Sgt, A. 116293186, was coming into the Space Control office at approximately 1520 MST, 29 July 1952 in the afternoon when I heard a report over the squawk box saying that flying saucers were sighted in the vicinity of Seattle headed toward Great Falls. [unintelligible] that was said was ‘Flying saucers reported over the Seattle area headed toward Great Falls’ then it was cut off. M/Sgt. Statesbury, Mrs. Evans, and also Lt. Logan heard the transcription too. [unintelligible] then went out of the office and stood in front of Twin Hangars under the tower and sighted two stationary objects at about 1525 MST. The third one came from the east and west [object changed direction?] toward the first two and departed in the west in a matter of four seconds. The other two followed and departed to the west and I went back into the office.

I sighted another one at 1625 MST coming from the northwest and departed northeast. It appeared that this particular one had a sort of haze around it and it was only in sight for about three of four seconds. Then three more came over at intervals from 1625 to 1648 MST. All that I saw appeared to be a bright white and shape was circular and one that came over, as it disappeared I thought it was flat and appeared to be turning over and spinning around. The ones that were stationary seemed to be dipping, the sun rays reflecting off and on. They left no vapor trail and no sound. The angle of the objects was approximately 80 degrees on the two stationary and the first three that came through at 1525 MST also at 80 degrees, the other seemed to go right over head. The angle of observation of last four was about 80 degrees. I first saw them at 45 degrees and they passed overhead and we lost them at about 45 degree angle in a [unintelligible] of time of 4 seconds. I called the CAA, Gore Field and reported it to [unintelligible] 1540,
immediately after I had sighted the first three objects.”

The Great Falls Air Force Base was renamed Malmstrom Air Force Base on 1 October 1955, according to Wikipedia.

http://www.nicap.org/docs/520729ennisBB_docs.pdf

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UFO Report: “The 1958 UFO Chronology”

Created: 24 February 2006

Updated: 24 April (year unknown)

(NICAP.org)

Quote from the UFO report:

“This is a 9-page report on a project involving a number of people. A lot of the incidents do not yet have active links to reports. Blue Book microfilms are only processed to mid-1952, so it will be some time before we can accomplish that goal. However, this is a comprehensive list for 1958 and will also suffice as a good work and checklist for our team. With the help of William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive), and Dan Wilson (archive researcher), the task becomes much easier. But without Brad Sparks’ updated list, the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns, the entire project would have been impossible. And our thanks also go to Jean Waskiewicz who created the online NICAP DBase (NSID) that helped make it possible to link from the cases to the reports themselves. Note: Entries marked Cat. 3 are E-M (Electro-Magnetic interference cases) from the Cat. 3 printout where sources are listed. ‘UFOE’ is the NICAP publication, The UFO Evidence (Richard Hall, 1964).

Francis Ridge

NICAP Site Coordinator

April 14, 1958; Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Air Force Staff Sergeant saw large formation of unidentified lights. [UFOE, III]”

I also reported about this UFO report on 13 April 2011.

http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1958fullrep.htm

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