E of Hastings, MichiganSeptember 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On September 1, 1958, east of Hastings, Michigan, two round objects were sighted by civilians. The objects were yellowish red in color. They moved back and forth and disappeared. The observation lasted 15 minutes. The witness reported viewing the objects through binoculars. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified. Position data was incomplete, and the report lacked sufficient information to indicate an astronomical explanation.

Reported location

E of Hastings, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           8. LOCATION                    1B. CONCLUSIONS
9 September 1958                 E of Hastings, Michigan         [Checkbox] Was Balloon
                                                                  [Checkbox] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          [Checkbox] Possibly Balloon
   Local                        [Checkbox] Ground-Visual        [Checkbox] Was Aircraft
   GMT [1]30-104                [Checkbox] Air-Visual           [Checkbox] Probably Aircraft
                                [Checkbox] Ground-Radar          [Checkbox] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [Checkbox] Air-Inversion Radar  [Checkbox] Was Astronomical
   [Checkbox] Yes                                               [Checkbox] Probably Astronomical
   [X] No                       6. SOURCE                       [Checkbox] Possibly Astronomical
                                Civilian                        [Checkbox] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION                                        [Checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   15 mins                      8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS            [Checkbox] Unknown
                                two
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                11. COMMENTS

Two round objs, three when viewed          No positions data incl in. Obj
through binoculars, size of dime,          probably astronomical in... AC
yellowish red, moved back & forth          manner of disapperance, objects.
& disappeared in time to time.             Data incomplete; however, suf-
                                           ficient to indicate astrono...
                                           observation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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