Detroit, Mich, September 1959September 1959

Insufficient Data

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, Mich, September 1959 in September 1959. The full case file (5 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 36.

Reported location

Detroit, Mich, September 1959

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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; : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 13,1, 95 Sep 59 Detroit, Mich O Probably Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION UE LACT
E ; 0 Was Aircraft !
1 EEE aliahalah pd fukienb Dis Wo LER pas held sual 0 Ground-Radar B PrabaBIy ATrerat |
i GMT 0P15,0000 OIUs7 = 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical !
E O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
3 0:No y Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BLO thera cu fellas ici eh hae d |
fi: £1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
4 ; A 2 as 0 Unknown |
i 2 secs 1 each time Left to Right
Ek 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Obj 1/10 the diameter of moon crossed moon| Insufficiont data.
4 : on three succeeding nights. Observation
; thru telescope ¥2" x 2 1/2". Made while
observing moon. Only visble while pussing
¢ in front of moon. Two secs tO cross mooi.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984526

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-09-01