Saginaw, Mich, August 1955August 1955

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Summary

On August 9, 1955, in Saginaw, Michigan, a civilian witness reported a rectangular object with a white center and red and green sides. The object made no sound and appeared in the night sky. It was first sighted around 11 p.m. at an altitude of 290 degrees azimuth and 15 degrees elevation. The object remained stationary but moved slightly north over two hours, setting at 305 degrees azimuth before disappearing. The witness reported having seen this object before, always appearing after 11 p.m. An assistant operations officer checked the possibility of a weather balloon, with negative results. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as an astronomical object, specifically the star Arcturus.

Reported location

Saginaw, Mich, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 Aug 55

2. LOCATION: Saginaw, Mich

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 08/0430Z, GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unk

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: N

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Arcturus, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Date for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Rectangular, white ctr, red and green sides, no sound, sometimes stationary. Has appeared before, always after 2300 position 290 deg az.

11. COMMENTS:
Arcturus at 290 deg az 15 deg elev, setting 2 hrs later at 305 deg.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963095