New Year's Day sighting over Craig, Montana near Malmstrom AFB (1953)

Project Blue Book Case #2315. On January 1, 1953, a bright object was observed over Craig, Montana — a tiny community on the Missouri River approximately 30 miles south of Great Falls and Malmstrom AFB. Malmstrom would soon become one of the most important ICBM bases in the country. The New Year's Day timing meant potential witnesses were celebrating outdoors. The case was classified "Unknown."