Alger, MichiganFebruary 1956

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Summary

On February 9, 1956, a ground observer saw a strange object near Alger, Michigan. The Greenwich time was 0200Z on February 10. The night was clear with about seven miles visibility. The observer was a civilian who worked as a grocer and served at a ground observer post.

The object was round, about the size of a volleyball held at arm's length. It was red, changing to pink and then back to bright red. It had a short tail but made no sound and left no trail or exhaust. It first appeared at about 80 degrees elevation and 270 degrees azimuth. It flew a due west course and dropped over the horizon. The witness watched it for about 15 minutes.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was a probable aircraft sighting.

Reported location

Alger, Michigan

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i : i QO Wos Balloon

RE 9 February 1956 Alger, Michigan O Probably Balloon :

4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balloon
- {ig clatter Sl x8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar GE XP robably Alveraft |
- GMT 10/02007Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft i
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0O Was Astronomical ]

E D Yes O Probably Astronomical

E Todo Civiian . DO Possibly Astronomical

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bi Others noi 0 nad ee |
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluatian } i
tC i : 0 Unknown H i
le utes: one Best : : F |
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

i Round object size of volley ball at Probable a/c sighting. | i
4 arms length, Color red changing to § x :
pink then back to bright red. No i
J sound, tail, or trail, or exhaust ;
short tail, Dropped over horizon.
a Initial observation 80 dgr elevation :'0 : |
a: 270 dgr azimuth, | :
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4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 3
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964832