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Malmstrom Kilo Flight Close-Object Report

March 1967; James Ortyl associated the sighting with the period near his March 17 birthdayMalmstrom AFB missile field, Montana, United States

James Ortyl told Hastings that he and Robert Pounders saw a shimmering reddish-orange object sweep silently past the Kilo LCF windows at close range. Ortyl did not know whether it was officially reported and no missile-system effect is established.

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CLAIM-520011reported
“Ortyl told Hastings that he and Pounders saw a shimmering reddish-orange object with an aura sweep silently past Kilo Flight windows, apparently within roughly 30 yards.”
UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Ortyl Kilo Flight testimony; uploaded PDF pages 266-267
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CLAIM-710027reported
“James Ortyl told the authors that during a March 1967 day shift at Kilo LCF he saw a red or red-orange glowing, roughly round object pass over the entrance gate and close past the window, and that at least two other air policemen acknowledged seeing it.”
Faded Giant: The 1967 Missile/UFO Incidents
SRC-007100 · James Ortyl Kilo LCF statement; uploaded PDF pp. 34-35
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