Incident #1001127
Helena, Judith Basin Cty, Montana
Sep 1966
Account
An Army National Guard pilot wrote to Tim Church that in September, 1966, he was flying from Helena to Lewistown, Montana, in a light plane, and while flying low through a canyon in the Little Belt Mountains he saw a grey object looking like a big man in a blanket with his knees pulled up, on one side of the canyon. He passed within 100 yards, circled and returned, but the creature was gone. He said no human could possibly have reached the trees above or below the cliff in that time.
When
- Month
- Sep
- Year
- 1966
- Season
- fall
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Montana
- County
- Judith Basin Cty
- Nearest Town
- Helena
- Direction from Town
- East Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 75
- Population of Town
- 25000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 60
- Latitude
- 465---
- Longitude
- 1103---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- canyon
- Super Human Action
- Crossed area too fast for human
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
- Exact Terrain
- cliff
- Slope
- steep
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 4
Source
- Source
- Tim Church quoting letter from informant, name con
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- FEB 22 1976
- Source reliability
- 5
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- MAR 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- presumed
- Height
- large
- Posture
- sitting
- Hair Colour
- red brown
- Movement
- staying still
- Later Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- seated
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- flying
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 100 yards
- Action on sighting
- kept going
- No of witnesses
- 1