Macomb, County, MichiganJanuary 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 24, 1955, a civilian in Macomb County, Michigan reported observing a round, bright red stationary object for three hours. The object was viewed through binoculars. Air Force investigators from Selfridge Air Force Base determined the UFO was actually a bright red marker light mounted on top of a fifty-foot radio antenna located approximately 400 yards northwest of the observer's location. The object remained stationary and in sight throughout the initial report. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was caused by an optical illusion produced by the civilian observer.

Reported location

Macomb, County, Michigan

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 January 1955

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 25/0130Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No (X)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 hours

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, bright red stationary object.

2. LOCATION
Macomb, County, Michigan

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual (X)
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
stationary

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other: Red Marker Light (X)
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
UFO determined by 4602nd to be bright red marker light on top of 50 foot radio antenna.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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