5 Mi N Of White Clousd, Mich., July 1958July 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 3, 1958, at 7:30 p.m., a welder located 5 miles north of White Cloud, Michigan, observed a round, silver object about the size of a dime at arm's length. The object was stationary. The observer heard aircraft overhead and directly afterward heard a 4-motor aircraft circling below the object as if searching for something. The aircraft was at 20,000 feet or above. Weather conditions were hazy with daylight, broken occasional overcast skies. Wind was blowing at 300 to 30 knots. The Air Force concluded the sighting was undoubtedly a balloon.

Reported location

5 Mi N Of White Clousd, Mich., July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 3 JUL 58
2. LOCATION: 5 MI N of White Cloud, Mich.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 03/1900Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X]Ground-Visual [ ]Ground-Radar [ ]Air-Visual [ ]Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [ ]Yes [X]No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 6.5 MINUTES STILL IN VIEW
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Rnd, silver obj, size of dime,
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X]Was Balloon [ ]Probably Balloon [ ]Possibly Balloon [ ]Was Aircraft [ ]Probably Aircraft [ ]Possibly Aircraft [ ]Was Astronomical [ ]Probably Astronomical [ ]Possibly Astronomical [ ]Other [ ]Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ]Unknown
11. COMMENTS: Undoubtedly a balloon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978803