Battle Creek, MichiganOctober 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 22, 1955, a civilian in Battle Creek, Michigan reported seeing an object described as the large end of a pencil held at arm's length. The object appeared in the south at an altitude of 45 degrees and remained stationary for 3 minutes before gradually fading out. One object was reported. The Air Force noted that the observer may have seen the exhaust of a jet aircraft, and the color and gradual fade-out would support this hypothesis.

Reported location

Battle Creek, Michigan

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 Oct 55

2. LOCATION
Battle Creek, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ____
GMT 23/01202

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual  □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual      □ Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 mins

8. PHOTOS
□ Yes
□ No

9. COURSE
stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One red obj, size of large end of a pencil held at arms length, seen in the south at an altitude of 45 degs. Obj remained stationary and gradually faded out.

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Was
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly the observer saw the exhaust of a jet aircraft. The color and gradual fade-out would support this hypothesis

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 53)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964047