N of Selfridge AFB, MichiganApril 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On April 12, 1958, north of Selfridge Air Force Base in Michigan, a civilian witness observed unidentified objects during daylight hours. Two large objects and six small objects were sighted. The small objects emerged from the larger ones. The objects were orange in color and surrounded by vapor trails. They traveled in two straight lines in pairs. The sighting lasted two minutes. The witness took photographs. The case was reported to the Air Force and turned in one month later. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

N of Selfridge AFB, Michigan

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 12 Apr 58

2. LOCATION: N of Selfridge AFB, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible] DST

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS: Yes not rec'd

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Eight

9. COURSE: E to W

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[Checkboxes] Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, X Other Unreliable Rpt., Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Two large & 6 small objs. Six small objs came out of 2 large ones. Orange color. Vapor trails surrounded each obj. Traveling in two straight lines in pairs.

11. COMMENTS:
Too little info to evaluate. In sight for 2 mins & took pictures. Turned in rpt one month later!! In Case considered an unreliable rpt.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977800