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Case FileNARA NAID 28979481 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Detroit, MichiganAugust 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 Detroit, Michigan in August 1958. The full case file (3 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 33.

Reported location

Detroit, Michigan

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 August 1958

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 17/0245Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 mins

2. LOCATION
Detroit, Michigan

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Air-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, bluish-white obj, approx the diameter of a pencil. Obj blinked at the rate of once per second, bright-ening. Had a halo twice its size. Traveled on a straight path South.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly an a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979481

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