Custer AFB, MichiganOctober 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 Custer AFB, Michigan in October 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 34.

Reported location

Custer AFB, Michigan

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: : : 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS . © :

: : : 02 Wos Bolloon 3 i

2 14 Oe toher 1858 Custe r AFS Michigan : O Probably Bolloon 1

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: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | B < Possibly: Belleon 4

- : - : O Was Aircraft 3

¥ Lec Sm = DB Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft E

~ aS I srnoceuLars . . 3

z ewy 14/2%307 oC 0 Ain Visoal O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft 1

: 3 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical ‘

3 $ a Yes ; : DO Probably Astronomical -
= +0 No ‘Military DO Possibly Astronomical : 3

: EE eT De es ose ee ee a Ti ap SP Ene a] o

: 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BeiiBther-0 os eh tas aa 3

} . ; DO Insufficient Data for Evaluction . 3

: a : ; * : O Unknown s 3

not given one SSE 3

. |io. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :

i Rnd, transparent.obj, size of soft Description & characteristics !

ball, seemed to be illuminated. are of a balloon, Wind direc- } i

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980569

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Places

Custer AFB, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-10-01