Muskegon, MichiganNovember 1962

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Summary

On November 30, 1962, a civilian in Muskegon, Michigan reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky. The object appeared as a bright point of light comparable to a star or moon and remained visible for about six minutes. According to the witness, the object was solid and had a sharply outlined edge, glowing white in color. A faint hum accompanied the object as it moved. The sighting began in the southwest at an angle of 45 degrees above the horizon, then the object changed course and moved eastward, climbing higher in the sky before disappearing.

The witness provided a detailed account through an Air Force questionnaire, describing the object's appearance and behavior in considerable detail. The file notes that the observation was consistent with an aircraft in terms of description, duration, and flight characteristics, though the witness reported the object did not behave like a conventional airplane.

The Air Force marked this case as "unknown" in its evaluation. The case file contains 23 pages of investigation material held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Muskegon, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

MI / US

Page count

23 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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Bl cic PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i igen
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© | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E : 0 Was Balloon
E 30 November 1962 Muskegon, Michigan 0 Probably Balloon
E *————————————| 0 Possibly Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
Local RR 1 jo 0 RES Ce CE XX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Braliaur Arerat
GMT 01/ 0030%Z December 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
a Yes O Probably Astronomical i
. XX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
* | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIE Os Rept siibiennsi pes a pe
Bt DO Insufficient Date for Evaluation |
k : : O Unknown
A 6 minutes one not reporte |
" |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. | Bright night, Object that looked like Description, duration and flight| |
= |star and moon in sight for 6 minutes, consistent with a/c analysis,
Report indicated that object did not
d disappear, Solid, sharply outlined.
. | White color, Faint hum accompanied
~ | flight. Initial observation in SW at
E 45 dgr elevation in east. Changed
| course during flight,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999879