9 Mi East of Escanabe, MichiganApril 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 9 Mi East of Escanabe, Michigan in April 1960. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 38.

Reported location

9 Mi East of Escanabe, Michigan

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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| Loud whistling sound was heerd, contrail Probably a small meteor of the "“bolicde
4 Or BIMOXS Saen, although object itself was class, All indications point to Liiis
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986372

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Places

9 Mi East of Escanabe, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-04-01