Grand Rapids, MichiganOctober 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 22, 1955, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 13-year-old high school student observed one oval object about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. The object was white and left a contrail larger than itself. The observer took night photographs at the time of sighting and snapped one picture of the object. The sighting lasted one minute and thirty seconds. The object maintained straight and level flight at an elevation of 45 degrees, with azimuth readings of 279 degrees and then 250 degrees. It disappeared over the horizon. One photograph was obtained and was pending development. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 Oct 55

2. LOCATION
Grand Rapids, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 23/00232

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes - Not recd

6. SOURCE
civilian (13 yrs)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 1/2 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
S to E

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One oval obj, size of half dollar held at arms length, white and leaving a contrail larger than the obj. Observer taking night photographs at time of sighting and snapped one picture of obj.

11. COMMENTS
Requested photo. No photo in file.
Case evaluated as a/c on description of sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964032