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This Project Blue Book file, released through The Black Vault, collects US Air Force records from 1950 to 1959 on the movie film Nicholas Mariana shot at Great Falls, Montana on 15 August 1950. It includes the OSI interview report, letters about borrowing and copying the film, and a 1956 Douglas Aircraft analysis. Blue Book's own findings were not consistent: one letter lists the cause as unknown, while later memos conclude the objects were probably two F-94 jets.
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NOV 14 1952 Great Dalls, Montana Dear Mr. We wish to express our sincere appreciation for the assistance which you extended us in connection with your movies. We had dupli- cate copies made, but these will be used for official purposes only, of course. Instead of applying the film at the torn point, as discussed with you previously, it was repaired with cellulose tape. This permitted satisfactory study and duplication without the loss of any frames. However, we recommend against running it in this condition too often, especially at fast projector speeds, since the patch will eventually fray and may result in additional damage. We suggest instead that you make a permanent splice as soon as possible. The movies constitute a definite contribution to our current analysis. It is impossible for us to add any further comments about them until such time as exhaustive analysis provides us with the basis for some definite conclusion, if any is possible. Again we tender our sincere thanks for your cooperation and hope that the film's absence has not caused you any hardship. Sincerely, WILLIAM A. ADAM3 Colonel, USAF Chief, Topical Division Deputy Director for Estimates Directorate of Intelligence, DC3/0
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