Bert, MichiganSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 3, 1956, at dusk near Bert, Michigan, a civilian observer reported sighting one oblong bright red object at 90 degrees azimuth and 12,000 feet altitude. The object was drifting northerly and disappeared by fading out of sight after being observed visually for six minutes. The Air Force noted that duration, shape, color, and manner of disappearance indicate the sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

Reported location

Bert, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 September 1956

2. LOCATION
Bert, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 04/0105Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
six minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
northerly

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One oblong bright red object, object initially sighted at 90 deg azimuth, 12,000 and was drifting north. Object disappeared by fading out of sight after being observed visually for six minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Duration, shape, color, manner of disappearance indicate that sighting was probably caused by a/c.

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