Alpena, MichiganJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 23, 1956, near Alpena, Michigan, a civilian reported one object at about 4:00 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about 7 minutes.

The object was round and looked like a large tub with holes around the edge. Its color was grey. It was flying in circles, in and out of the clouds. The witness, a woman, was seated in a car at the time, about 9 miles southwest of Alpena.

The sky was cloudy with a 2,800 foot overcast. The intelligence officer said the observer sounded rational. He noted it could possibly have been a weather balloon, since balloons had been sighted in the area several times. The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.

Reported location

Alpena, Michigan

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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Ca PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: : : . 0 Wos Bolloon
23 July 1956 Alpena, Michigan 0 Riabopy, Hi ot
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION De Ferag yg hsivon
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Local ET ee ; X@ Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 Probobly Aircraft
ohn 28/46007 © O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE D Was Astronomical i
O Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical
MK ivilian O Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othep=st nissan bogs iin
g atisien Data for Eveluation
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approx 7 minutes one gireling
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Gi 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bi COMMENTS
| One round object with the appearance | Concur w/the rpting officer that
: | of "large tub w/holes around edge | this sighting was possibly |
i Srey nce gkons oo ddeing in circles i | cused by balloon.
& out of clouds, Observer was seated |
| 10 auto at time of sighting, |
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