REF: UAP/1950s/026Unexplained
1950-08-15
Mariana film
Great Falls, MT · USA·Film·1950s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
Baseball manager Nick Mariana filmed two bright discs crossing the sky; among the first UFO motion pictures analyzed by the USAF.
§ BWitnesses
Nick Mariana, secretary Virginia Raunig
§ CEvidence & Documentation
16mm color film; USAF & Condon analyses
§ DOfficial Investigation
Project Blue Book; Condon Committee
§ EStatus Assessment
Blue Book: possibly F-94 reflections (contested by timing); Condon left partly unexplained
§ FVerifiable Sources
Blue Book files; Condon Report case; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_UFO_incident
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1952-07-02🇺🇸 USA
Tremonton, Utah film
Film
1950-05-11🇺🇸 USA
McMinnville (Trent) photos
Photographic
1950-03-16🇺🇸 USA
Farmington 'armada'
Mass sighting
1951-08-25🇺🇸 USA
Lubbock Lights
Photographic / mass sighting
1951-09-10🇺🇸 USA
Fort Monmouth radar-visual
Radar-visual
1952-07-14🇺🇸 USA
Nash-Fortenberry sighting
Airline crew sighting