Lovells, MichiganSeptember 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On September 10, 1958, at 11:02 p.m. local time, a civilian in Lovells, Michigan reported sighting one object in the sky. The object was round and white, slightly larger than a star. It changed color from bright white to dim blue to bright white again. The observation lasted four minutes. The witness reported the object showed no sound or exhaust. Wind conditions at the time were described as hurricane force winds. The Air Force concluded the sighting involved insufficient data for evaluation and noted it was a possible aircraft sighting, though no conclusion could be reached based on the limited information presented.

Reported location

Lovells, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
10 September 1958

2. LOCATION
Lovells, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 11/0210Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
NE

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, white obj, slightly larger than a star, color changed in bright white to dim blue to bright white.

11. COMMENTS
Possible a/c sighting; however, no conclusion can be reached on limited data presented.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979826