Detroit, MichiganApril 1959

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Summary

On April 19, 1959, at about 0352Z, a witness near Detroit, Michigan, reported a bright object at night. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The object was disc-shaped and about the size of a pea. It was bluish white in color. It was first seen in the position of the moon and last seen in the position of Saturn before it disappeared.

The record card concluded the most probable cause was a meteor.

Reported location

Detroit, Michigan

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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f ca PRCJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION “112. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
i Re ADT 59 detroit, Michi an a Probably Balloon
gy "3. DATE-TIME CROUP TT [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local a a ——— Q°Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Pts onde
: CMT __ LO/ 00504 0D AirVYisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircrafr
! 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes £2 Probably Astronomical
TO No Yivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical )
5 7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE IID i aoa
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
He DO Unknown
3-5 secs one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Disc sleaped obj, size of pea, bluish Most probable couse is meteor.
i 4 white, First seen in position of the moon,
3 last seen at position of Caturn, Disappeared
j i 6 8. So C nk 1y _— Ch ere o Tor 2 PE SCS,
4 ATIC YORM 329 (RIV 26 SRP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983045