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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “xxxx 04 8686754 Terry Montana,” filed under Project One Hundred Seventy‑Three. The document originates from the United States Air Force and was made publicly accessible through The Black Vault on the archive page https://archive.org/download/xxxx-04-8686754-Terry-Montana/xxxx-04-8686754-Terry-Montanadjvu.txt. It is notable because it contains an official report of an unidentified flying object observed in the vicinity of Terry, Montana, in April nineteen sixty‑four. PROVENANCE. The record was released as part of The Black Vault’s digital collection of declassified government documents. The upload date is listed as twenty‑second April, twenty twenty‑three, and the material is identified as a United States Air Force file, reproduced in its entirety from the original. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is attached to this entry, but the declassification authority is the United States Air Force, as indicated on the source page. THE DOCUMENT. Project One Hundred Seventy‑Three, Record Card One. Date three. Location thirteen. Conclusions between nineteen‑twenty‑five April Terry Montana. Was balloon probably balloon. Possibly balloon. Date‑time group four. Type of observation local X three fi ground‑visual. Ground‑rodor. Was air‑craft probably air‑craft. GMT not reported. Air‑visual. Radar. Possibly aircraft. Photos four. Source. Was astronomical. Yes. Probably astronomical. No civilian. Possibly astronomical. Length of observation. Number of objects nine. Course. Other. Insufficient data for evaluation. No report. Brief summary of sighting. Comments: Object observed twice on consecutive days between nineteen April and twenty‑five April nineteen sixty‑four. Object was reported white in color and shaped. Motion was described as “ride up and down.” Insufficient data for analysis. Request for additional information noted, ninety‑day delay. Official file copy. Request for additional information (UFO sighting) twenty May nineteen sixty‑four. Support Group SAC. Olagov Air Force Base, Montana. Reference to the attached unidentified flying object report dated thirty April nineteen sixty‑four. It was reported that the two veterans filled out a Form One Six Four and returned it to the United States Base Air Force, Washington, D. C., due to insufficient data contained in the initial report. Enclosed were stamped envelopes for their correspondence. Colonel, United States Air Force, Deputy for Technology and Subsystems. Attachments: 1. Initial Report. 2. Form One Six Four. To: Headquarters, First Combat Support Group, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force, Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana. Subject: Report of Unidentified Flying Object, thirty April nineteen sixty‑four. To: Air Force Safety Division, Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, four five four three three. The following information is submitted in accordance with Air Force Regulation Two Hundred minus two, paragraph fourteen…

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This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “xxxx 04 8686754 Terry Montana,” filed under Project One Hundred Seventy‑Three. txt. It is notable because it contains an official report of an unidentified flying object observed in the vicinity of Terry, Montana, in April nineteen sixty‑four.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “xxxx 04 8686754 Terry Montana,” filed under Project One Hundred Seventy‑Three. The document originates from the United States Air Force and was made publicly accessible through The Black Vault on the archive page…

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What was Declassified FBI File about?: COLD OPEN. This is a declassified record titled “xxxx 04 8686754 Terry Montana,” filed under Project One Hundred Seventy‑Three. txt. It is notable because it contains an official report of an unidentified flying object observed in the vicinity of Terry, Montana, in April nineteen sixty‑four.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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