Roseville, MichiganApril 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On April 27, 1952, near Roseville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, four civilian men with previous military backgrounds reported several unconventional objects. The sighting lasted from about 1615 to 1700 (4:15 to 5:00 p.m.) during clear daylight. The men watched with the naked eye and high powered binoculars.

The men first saw one round, silver object high in the northeast sky that appeared motionless. Through binoculars it was seen to turn completely over and take on an oval or egg shape with a dark underside. It seemed to drop straight down and then stop. Two larger, cigar shaped silver objects then appeared in the same area. About 1700 hours all the objects rose and left at amazing speed, the round one going straight up and the cigar shaped ones moving east and west.

During the sighting, another silver cigar shaped object was seen traveling at great speed and altitude from northeast to northwest. No sound, trail, or exhaust was reported. The sky was clear and cloudless. The witness said the objects were not weather balloons or aircraft. The intelligence officer rated the report F-0 because the source's reliability could not be judged. The record card notes no conclusion.

Reported location

Roseville, Michigan

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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. 27 April 952 Roseville, Mbchigan O Wos Balloon
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION » Possibly Bolloon
ENN 11615 CST aide EX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Readar 0 Vis oe
23 [e215 jr 0 Probobly Aircraft
CMT. #1 ease mon. Socks ERRORS Ear] 0 Air Visuo! 0 Air-lntercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft,
5. PHOTOS |” SOURCE ; 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes ‘ j 0 Probably Astronomical
; xX No 4 civilians » Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION TR IER GNETS | 0 COUREE = 1D OMele
lo Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
| 45 minutes in |22 Unknown
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15. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING - COMMENTS GR aE
Silver color. Round to oval and cigar Object "turned over" and changed
shaped. Varied maneuvers. : ghape, dropped straight down and

stopped. Cigar shaped objects also in
area. ObJects ileported on different
headings, : .
ATIC FORM 329 (RLV 26 SEP 52) vA A : Pr

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941618