Commerce, MichiganJuly 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Commerce, Michigan in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Commerce, Michigan

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 ! XXWas Balloon
88 July 1956 Commerce ’ Michigan (=) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
J - 0 Was Aircraft
By | Do Ste LXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Alreraft
GMT 29/0331 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ~ | 6. SOURCE 0G EET ne] es AR Ae
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
“EX No Civilian (GOC) DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo] A
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: hit it ibliah ian) O Unknown
still in sight at rrt one ascending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS
One round yellow object, the sizs of | Concur with the opinion of report
| a grapefruit held at arms length seen) ing officer. Case evaluated as
| at an azimuth of 180 dgrs fm the Balloon,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
SRE RRA EI ERY aT SER LEO SON
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966464

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Commerce Commerce, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-07-01