Sagatuck, MichiganJuly 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 6, 1962, a civilian swimming at a Lake Michigan beach near Saugatuck, Michigan, reported an object. He saw it three times, at about 11:51 p.m., 12:04 a.m., and 12:32 a.m. Eastern time, for about one minute each time.

The observer at first took it to be a meteor. The object was bright and distant, with two colors: red on the leading part and white on the rear. It moved steadily from east to west and covered an arc of about 25 to 30 degrees each pass. He thought it had satellite characteristics, but noted it moved opposite to known satellites.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force asked the witness for more information but received no reply. Officials concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation and noted possible meteor activity.

Reported location

Sagatuck, Michigan

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
| 6 July 1962 Sagatuck, Michigan Q Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloen
j PT JR RE ¥X Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 8 Besbably Aire raft
1 GMT 07/0451% a AirVisual a Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
§ 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Oo Wes Astronomical
5 a Yes O Probably Astronomical
: Xo | C ivilian O Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oR | |
4 ®X Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
4 : 0 Unknown
3 1 minute one West
bE 110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Big | LL |
| 98d observed three times for one Insufficient data for evaluaton.
1 | minute cach time going from East to No answer to request for addi-
: | West, Had satellite characteristics. tional data. Possible meteor
i | Covered 25-30 dgr arc each pass. activity.
1 [nitial impression was that of a |
3 | meteor.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998015