Pontiac, MichiganFebruary 1956

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Summary

On February 15, 1956, a ground observer saw two objects over Pontiac, Michigan. The Greenwich time was 2325Z. The observer was a civilian at a ground observer post. The sky was completely overcast with scattered snow showers, and the overcast was at about 5,000 feet.

The two objects showed red, orange, white, and blue colors. They appeared to be at about 5,000 feet and headed south at a very slow rate of speed. They were still in sight at the time of the report. The witness watched for about ten minutes. Because the overcast was at 5,000 feet, the report noted the objects were below that altitude.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The headquarters opinion was that the sighting was possibly caused by balloons, since the winds from the north northwest would fit that explanation.

Reported location

Pontiac, Michigan

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1 |
1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
a 1. DATE ) 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS rE |
4 o Dok Saoen.
A 15 February 1956 Pontiac, Michigan GE Ld Sl |
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bho sl By Belven

1 BY pet Os lw Ell GY, X Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar = by nd Sy MAS |
E ; emt 15/2325Z 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft i i
E 5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical . {
= O Yes : 0 Probably Astranemical J

i No Civilian (GOC) 0 Passibly Astromomicol i
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EN OMeRL tial Ls

A ten minutes e Jaatfcient Data for Evaluation |
2 still in sight two southerl 5

: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

E Two objects, red, orange, white and Received by AF Form 112, The sky
RE blue. Appeared to be at approximately | was completely overcast at the |
: 5,000 feet and heading south at a time of the sighting with scat-

very slow rate of speed. Still in tered snow showers, Overcast was

: sight at time of report, at 5,000 feet, therefore, the |
: objects were below that altitude i
4 It is the opinion of this hq
9 that this sighting was possibly
2 generated by balloons. Winds

4 would substantiate this theory
i : ¢ 3 as they were from the NNW,

(wo K Ne 5 i [4 1 FAS Fi CA 2)

E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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