Belleville, Mich., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 6, 1957, a witness in Belleville, Michigan reported seeing a shiny, bullet-like object about three-quarters the size of a paper clip held at arm's length. The object was observed during daylight hours and moved around in the sky. It was stationary at the time of the sighting. One object was reported. The observation was conducted by military personnel. The Air Force's evaluation listed multiple possible conclusions: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, or Possibly Aircraft. No definitive conclusion was selected on this record card.

Reported location

Belleville, Mich., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
6 November 1957                  Belleville, Mich.              [] Was Balloon
                                                                 [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [] Possibly Balloon
Local: [illegible] 1110 Z        [X] Ground-Visual              [] Was Aircraft
                                 [] Ground-Radar                [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTO                         [] Air-Visual                  [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                           [] Air-Intercept Radar         [] Was Astronomical
[X] No                                                          [] Probably Astronomical
                                 6. SOURCE                      [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         Military.                      []
 Still a sight                                                  [] Other
                                 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS           [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    9. COURSE                      [] Unknown
/S. Shiny bullet like object, 3/4 size of                       
 paper clip at arms length. Jumped around    Stationary         11. COMMENTS
 a lot.                                      
                                            [handwritten: AURORA STREAMERS]

                                            
AIC FORM 12J (REV 24 SEP 52)

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