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Case FileNARA NAID 28979496 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Birmingham, MichiganAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Birmingham, Michigan in August 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 33.

Reported location

Birmingham, Michigan

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS FE
O Woes Bolloon
1 ugust 195 Birmingh 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloon
O Was Aircraft <
STII iinet tami 2 Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodor O Probobly Aircraft
GMT 18/00227 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS . OD Was Astronomical
QO Yes O Probobly Astronomicol
& No Civilian ODO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XXOther_ Si utnils TIT
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3 mins one ENE Si
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, bluish-white obj, larger than Data given indicates possible
star, glowing, slight turn to Norhh sighting of Sputnik III. No
as it approached, Observed in WSW confirmation,
at 35)dgr elev. Moved ENE & made |
slight turn to North as approached.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979496

Connected across the archive

Installations

Selfridge Air Force Base

Places

Birmingham, MIMichigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19581958-08-01

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