Ann Arbor, MichiganNovember 1957

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 Ann Arbor, Michigan in November 1957. The full case file (5 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 31.

Reported location

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Vas Balloon
20 Novembasr 1907 Ann Arbor, Michigan 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Pessibly Bolioon
0 LV fs 0 Was Aircraft
Lo calrz dioraal pHs Bian 8: Ground-Visval O Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircrof?
GMT In /2325H7 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE T° Wos Astronomical 5.2 E20
O Yes D Probably Astronomical
ON» Civi Lian D Possibly Astronomical
| “rr SE A TO 1 i [A i
7. LENGTH OF CASERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [a J 0] Ye A a
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
; Sid 0 Unknown
Led) S2CoNnds one iY
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
/ One object, star shaped prsbme ok suan Probably meteor concurred with
color white, Object moving much faster | by University of Michigan obser
tnan Sputnik, Object faded out like vatory,
4 meteor,
y |
iL ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975354

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Places

Ann Arbor, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-11-01