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Case FileNARA NAID 28976833 · T1206 Roll 32

Project Blue Book Case File

Farmington, MichiganJanuary 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 Farmington, Michigan in January 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 32.

Reported location

Farmington, Michigan

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: [1. pate "2. LOCATION [12 conclusions
: 5 Bike |g Was Balloon
¢ 23a late 9% | Rarmington, Michigan {31 Probably Balloon
i BE Ee Da
3 | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION [EL an@ostei OE oon
i fey EE Was A §
: Soa | 2 LV yaieast 3) Nas trcrart
) | 0 cals innh nos ai | E<Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar |Z Probably Aircraft
i | GMT. night | O AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |Z Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTGS | 6. SOURCE KO Wes Astronomical Y2IIUS
O Yes i !'0O Probably Astronomical
3 No | Civiliar | @ Possibly Astronomical
i 3 a Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Hodson ul SE Cr
| 2 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 i fn it i 3 {C3 Unknown

: | x) Mins one ei
fro. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Obj w/appearance of a star. Larger & Description & position is of the

brighter than eastern star. Had bright] planet Venus.

J : 1, po 2 £2, $k L 1 NE a

reddish glow as it passed over hori-

zon. Was revolving w/flashes J {

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976833

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