Montana bright light object with tail
1948-05-17·between Plevna and Miles City Montana on U.S. Highway 12·unresolved
A B.F. Goodrich territory manager observed a bright white glowing object traveling at high speed between Plevna and Miles City, Montana, with a long bright light shooting from underneath, which disappeared into a heavy cloud bank.
“The object which + saw flying through the air between Plevna am Miles City Montana on the night of May 17th, + will answer them and give you a graphic description again with a little more elaboration than my previous letter - This thing seemed to be a ball of bright white light - and I could not make out if it was being carriedor just what made it ¢o”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1948-05-17
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- between Plevna and Miles City Montana on U.S. Highway 12
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Montana
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- ball of bright white light
- Size
- fairly large compared with aircraft; as bright as a locomotive headlight, about three times that bright
- Duration
- 1200s
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
between Plevna and Miles City Montana on U.S. Highway 12 / 1948
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting