Project Blue Book Case File
[ILLEGIBLE], July 1952July 1952
Summary
On the night of July 20, 1952, near Oscoda, Michigan, two women on vacation saw what they believed was a flying disc. The object appeared as a white light approaching from the south, moving northward at high speed. When it first came into view directly overhead, it began flashing on and off at regular intervals, approximately every one hundred feet of sky, according to the witnesses. The light continued to blink as it moved across their field of view until it disappeared to the north.
Both women ran to the beach for a better look. Neither heard any sound accompanying the object's flight. The witnesses gave identical descriptions of what they had seen, which the newspaper account suggested had made a strong impression on both of them.
The sighting came to the attention of the U.S. Air Force through a newspaper article in a local Oscoda weekly. The Office of Special Investigations confirmed that individuals matching the witnesses' names were vacationing in the area. The file includes a subsequent telegram with additional witness information. The witnesses were described as fairly reliable, and one was noted as a former U.S. Army major and business executive. Weather at the time was clear with no moon and light winds from the northwest at approximately three miles per hour. No physical evidence of the object was found, and no meteorological phenomenon was identified that might have explained the sighting. The full case file, comprising eight pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.
Reported location
[ILLEGIBLE], July 1952
Date of incident
July 1952
State / country
? / XX
Page count
8 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unknown
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 12