Ferndale, MICHIGANApril 1957

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Summary

On April 29, 1957, around 8:20 p.m. local time, a civilian salesman in Ferndale, Michigan reported seeing objects in the sky. The night was described as very clear. The witness was considered reliable.

The man saw four diamond shaped objects. Each was about twice the size of the largest star and was colored red. The four objects together formed a diamond pattern. They flew toward the northwest for a few minutes. Their speed was said to be about that of a falling star.

The report notes the local airfield said no aircraft were airborne at that time. An Army post and ground observers also reported seeing nothing. The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Ferndale, MICHIGAN

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
‘ 0 Was Bolloon
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3. DATE-TIME GRCUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5
4 0 Was Aircraft
Be BE RSE STE B“Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar ‘OX Probably Aircraft
| GMT___ 20/020 07 DO Air- Visual 0 Alr-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Alreraht
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5, PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
: HENS Eo Hs 0 Possibly Astronomical
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| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D Other eee
] fx EENOTL GE CLIEMA D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Rs oA 0 Unknown
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
Tour diamond shaped objects, twice the Description, flight pa Eh duns
size of the largest star, and in the tion indicate that this sight ing
formation of a diamond. Objects were was probably caused by an 2 Ph 1
seen flying in a northwesterly direc-
tion for a "few" minutes.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 SEP 52)
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