Grand Rapids, August 1956August 1956

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Summary

The OCR quality of this file is too degraded to support an accurate summary. While the cover sheet (page 1) indicates a sighting in Grand Rapids, Michigan in August 1956 with conclusions ranging from "Balloon" to "Probably Balloon," the remaining seven pages are largely illegible, with scattered fragments of text that cannot be reliably reconstructed into a coherent narrative.

The full case file, consisting of 8 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Grand Rapids, August 1956

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 8

Transcribed text

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE —TocaTion 1) Grand Rap ids 73 CONCLUSIONS BR: ie
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2) Detroit, Michigan 4 Ves Balloon
7 August 1956 3) Mt. ¢ct Mens ca dan OQ Probably Balloon
T august 1056 Ilo mmm ey [} Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
1) DF, / 3 4 - { q
: RRR TAs «tf Ground- Visual O Ground-Redor 0 Was Aireraft
dks 7 via 8 0 0 Peebaobly Aircraft
J / Brits .
CMT oar : 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercep!t Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE oo Vas Astrananical Max
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
ONo civ ilian 2: OC observer 0} Possibly Astronomical
3 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS + COURSE... 1-1] MRO EC wr
“v1)l hr sti 11 in si 1s 4 > easiwarlt 0 insufficient Dato for Evaluation
46 10 5 Kip 42 Sti BR zis 3) sl wlv west Oo Unknown
indefinite one 3) slowly Wes» :
Celeb BR ae ERAT
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ay Re ANY short a rig (?) S12 of Object nroLAL re mars. throug
Orange +urning re 1 +o pale red, pink, tenperatul’e Av OTS10N. Mars
ha Ti ite. Moved © _down, side to nt 30 dgrs © tevation 1209 azimuth
Nope A & epular: se. Inversio: moving westwara A i yward Soutin)
pres Saobjecy © : ther Vega or RS. ng clin BING
20 nd obiect, imaof baske 35 TE
alavation, © dug atin, yy & QQ
0 ntS. VEE . disappears.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966702

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-08-01