Homer, MichiganApril 1949

On the morning of April 28, 1949, a dairy employee in Homer, Michigan, was sitting in his office when he noticed six silver, disc-shaped objects in the sky. At first, he thought they were seagulls, but when he stepped outside and called over a coworker named Wessenberry, both men realized these were something unusual. The objects were rotating in a wide circle about 45 degrees above the horizon, at an altitude of between 300 and 400 feet, and traveling due west at roughly 40 miles per hour.

The observer described the discs as rotating "as if they were attached to an axel," moving together as a group. After they disappeared over the treetops, the observer jumped in his car with another coworker and pursued them westward on Highway M-59 for about 3 and a half miles, but the objects vanished before they could get a closer look. The observer said each disc appeared to be about 10 or 11 inches across when viewed at arm's length.

After returning to town, the observer contacted a local newspaper correspondent and the editor of the town newspaper to report his sighting. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations opened a file on the incident in May 1949. The case was marked as involving "unknown" objects, though the file notes are heavily redacted or unclear in places, making it difficult to determine if the Air Force ever reached a definitive conclusion about what the observer saw.

The full case file, comprising 9 pages, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.