Indian Trails, MichiganOctober 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Indian Trails, Michigan in October 1957. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 29.

Reported location

Indian Trails, Michigan

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
y 4 / O Wes Bolloon
13 October 1957 Indian Trails, Michigan O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bellesn
i RRR v O Was Aireroft
: GM 14/04052 : 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercopt Rodar | Possibly Aircreft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OX XWas Astronomical Meteor
O Yes ODO Probably Astronomical
3X Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TT bin isis
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation |
D Unknown ;
3-10 meconds one NNE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ball shaped object, size of basket- Feel that this is a great deal | .
ball, silver grey, four lights (possibly of detail about an obj viewed
portholes) two lights only half visi for only 8-10 secs at night.
ble, Object had a high pitched hum such Probably over imagination.
as an electric generator, Appeared to Speed estimated at 250 mph/descrijpc-
have a heavy line dividing top & indicates possible a/c, Duration
bottom, leads to evaluation as meteor,
since initial obsvation indicates £2
obj looked like meteor case is
evalenated as a meteor sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972175

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Places

Indian Trails, MI Michigan

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-10-01