Sault Ste Marie, MichiganDecember 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Sault Ste Marie, Michigan in December 1960. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 41.

Reported location

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

MI / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11 Dec 60

2. LOCATION
Saults Ste Marie, Michigan

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT _________________

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Witness observed a bright orange light in the sky (direction not given), followed by noise of an explosion. A white object was reported to have fallen to the ground after the explosion.

11. COMMENTS
Witness did not provide much information but that which he did provide indicates that this object was probably a balloon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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