The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Calgary Herald, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on May 1, 1964.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The sheriff’s office said Thursday it is investigating marks left on the ground by an unidentified flying object.
Reporters and sheriffs deputies investigated the area east of Helena where the object was sighted Wednesday night - along the shoreline of Canyon Ferry Lake on the Missouri River.
They found four holes about 13 feet apart, six to eight inches deep and eight to 10 inches across.
The holes smelled of diesel fuel, according to one reporter. A circular spot was seared into the top of underbrush.
In Washington, however, U.S. Air Force said it investigated more than 8,000reported unidentified flying objects in 16 years "and has yet to discover any evidence that they represent a threat" to U.S. security.
