Battlecreek, MichiganJanuary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 8, 1956, a civilian in Battlecreek, Michigan reported sighting one round reddish white object flying in straight level flight at 400 feet elevation and 150 degrees azimuth. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. No direction of movement was reported. The Air Force evaluated the case as insufficient data for evaluation, though the comments note it was possibly a balloon with no direction of movement recorded.

Reported location

Battlecreek, Michigan

Date of incident

January 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 January 1956

2. LOCATION
Battlecreek, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 09/0215Z (N)

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XX Ground-Visual BX Ground-Radar
Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Southeast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round reddish white object, flew straight level flight. Sighted at 400 elevation 150 azimuth.

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

11. COMMENTS
Possible balloon; however, no direction of movement reported. Case listed as insufficient data.

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