Custer AF Sta. Michigan, July 1956July 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 12, 1956, radar personnel at Custer Air Force Station in Michigan detected an unidentified object on radar. The object was tracked for 2 minutes and 45 seconds and made a sharp S-shaped 90-degree turn toward the west. Only one object was observed. The brief summary noted it was a radar intercept with very meager information. The Air Force evaluation stated there was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Custer AF Sta. Michigan, July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 July 1956

2. LOCATION
Custer AF Sta. Michigan

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 12/16572

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [unchecked]
Ground-Radar [checked]
Air-Visual [unchecked]
Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]

4. SOURCE
[blank]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 min 45 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
S-90° turnW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Radar intercept. Very meager information.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [unchecked]
Probably Balloon [unchecked]
Possibly Balloon [unchecked]
Was Aircraft [unchecked]
Probably Aircraft [unchecked]
Possibly Aircraft [unchecked]
Was Astronomical [unchecked]
Probably Astronomical [unchecked]
Possibly Astronomical [unchecked]
Other [unchecked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked]
Unknown [unchecked]

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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