Ann Arbor, Mich, February 1959February 1959

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, Mich, February 1959 in February 1959. 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 35.

Reported location

Ann Arbor, Mich, February 1959

Date of incident

February 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1 oaTE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: |
: a : : ! Ap 0 Wos Balloon
9) Teo Oo : : nn Art Ty i W ol a Probably an
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION sll anc Bema |
| | p v 0 Was Aircraft
| a Re ER FE Re ROSATI AR 0 Ground- Visual a Ground-Rador O Probably Aircraft
GMT" eR ial a Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aireraht
S. PHOTOS E 0.. Was Astronomical .~:
O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
: 1% “Jed 1 {an : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1 INI ssc em—
: D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Vine ‘ eR 0 Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, red obj, size of baseball, ’hecks indicate the planet Mars in
| : slightly resembled a star, first seen location of observation. Apparent
sverhead wavering baek and Forth, but motion 2ould be dus to atmosphere
| 3 making little headway. and movement of ocveervar.
ATIC PORM 320 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981887

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-02-01