Coopersville, Mich, April 1951April 1951

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Summary

In April 1951, near Coopersville, Michigan, civilians reported strange objects in the afternoon sky at about 4:00 p.m. Two men were delivering equipment to a farm when they saw four objects moving together toward the east.

They described the objects as sparkling globes, silver in color and shining like jewels, though the bright sun made it hard to be sure of the color. There was no smoke, flash, or sound of motors. The men could not judge the size or altitude. The objects traveled rapidly and were out of sight in about five minutes. The sky was clear.

The witnesses described the sighting in a letter. The Air Force recorded the case in Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports. The conclusion was a possible aircraft or balloon sighting, but with insufficient data to be sure.

Reported location

Coopersville, Mich, April 1951

Date of incident

April 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATZ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
| Apr 51 Cooperwiille, Mich D Probably Belleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ae —==|0 Possibly Balloon
RRS EARN YX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar - lg a
CUI anne 0 AinVi svol 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS oY » - co Le ng. tn a
® r onomic
% ong Civilian 0 Possibly ps
| 7 EwoTH OF OBSERVATION [8 NUWBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |Q Omer
| x + —— Dota for Eveluation
5 min L E po
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Like jewels, silver in color. Although Possible A/C sighting or balloons.
with a bright sun shinning they might have However insufficient data to substantiate
| been another color, Neither smoke, flash, this conclusions.
or sound of motors. Could not determine siz
or altitude, They were sparkling globes,
Travel very rapidly.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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