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Case FileNARA NAID 28967359 · T1206 Roll 26

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Hastings, MichiganSeptember 1956

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Summary

The OCR text for this file is too heavily degraded to support an accurate summary. While the cover sheet identifies a sighting in Hastings, Michigan in September 1956, the bulk of the 15-page file is either blank, contains only fragmentary marks, or consists of forms and routing slips too garbled to extract reliable details. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Hastings, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

15 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 15
Transcribed text
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dp | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a id
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 4 O Was Bolloon
2-20 Santember 1958 Hastings, Michigan 3 St 4 Be
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WTVNY WOR,
v O Wes Aircraft
GMT 03/1 0 Air Viel O Air-Intercopt Rador O Possibly Aireraft
S. PHOTO! OUR 2X Wes Astronomical” E£,7/ © $)
QO Yes O Probebly Astrenomicel
-.& Ne ivilian O Possibly Astronemicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9. COURSE BS scnsseegess—
= gt O Insufficient Date for Eveluation
15 minutes O Unknown
i in aioh : ne stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round silver obj, size of baseball Soutce believed obj to be an
at arm's length, Obj initially sightef asteroid or large satellite,
at 180dgr azimuth & 88dgr elevation, Concluded as planet Venus during
Obj had no movement. Obj viewed visu-| daytime,
ally & thru binoculars for 15 mins Summary cont'd: |
& still in sight at time of rpt. ObY | 270dgr azi;45dgr elevation.4) Sourde
had been se2en at same time & place dap chsvd obj on numerous clear days
before, Completed ATIC 164 indicate: since first sighting. °2y followigg
1)obj observed for 3hr 30 mius & still sams path of movensat. 3)29Sep
visible, 2) obj initially sighted at | 92] observed ak 0825CDT 103dgr
= Ag - : azimuth,38dgr elev/0730CDT,138der
0940CDT 2 Sep/130dgr azi,60dgr elev. " 453m + ’ >
3) b = qd t ‘hi s bi t 121 y FOG ET elev,6) L.Latest source
ApQuSTVr stopped watching obj at '° 1 bag. beee-ahle to observe ohj is. |
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 2¢ SEP 52) down like sun, To
Tidy : 9 4 ;
ps . 3 ¢ . 8 * 3 . |
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