Project Blue Book Case File
Rockford, MichiganOctober 1958
Summary
On October 1, 1958, in Rockford, Michigan, a civilian observer reported sighting a round, silverish white object about the size of a golf ball that remained stationary. The observation lasted about 30 minutes. The object was silver colored, positioned 38 degrees due west of a location directly above Rockford at a high altitude. No sound, tail trail, or exhaust was detected. A second sighting was noted in operation 4695 going northwest at 3,000 feet altitude at 12:29 p.m., where if the same object it was moving at 30 knots. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a balloon.
Reported location
Rockford, Michigan
Date of incident
October 1958
State / country
MI / US
Page count
3 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unidentified
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 34