Beulah, MichiganOctober 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 22, 1956, a civilian saw an unusual object over Beulah, Michigan. The witness was the civil defense director of Benzie County, a man with many years in law enforcement. He watched the object for two to five minutes.

The report described an oval or egg shaped object with pointed ends. It looked aluminum colored and had a row of blue lights along the bottom. The witness heard a hissing sound. He viewed it through a 30 power scope. The object then sped off to the east northeast and was gone. The sky was clear with very good visibility. Other people in the county were said to have confirmed the sightings.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as light reflections. Because a follow up report was never received, the case was carried as insufficient data. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Beulah, Michigan

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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: ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Co : ¢ : 0 Wos Bolloon
_ 22 October 1956 Bevlah, Michigan 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W Veswwy Seven
Vi . 0 Was Aircroft
Local as e— 10: Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 25/04507 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
sme Yee e— sb AIG 4 11 cr Bis tu Ie lB
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0D Wos Astronomicol
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
x0 No Civilian (COC) OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CA ROR es
‘0; ZInsufficient Doto for Evaluation
# ! Ane 0 Unknown
___two to five minutes one ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
On2 oval or egg-shaped object with Card indicates other(light reflee-
points on the end. Object was aluminum | tions) as cause; however, follow ~
colored witha row Gf blue lights along | up report not received and case
the bottom. A hissing sound was nded, carried as insufficient data,
Object disappeared into the ENE very
fast after having been observed visually FH
& through a 30 power scope for 2 to O
minutes,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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