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Case FileNARA NAID 28983537 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Sault Ste Marie, MichiganJune 1959

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 June 1959. The full case file (6 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 36.

Reported location

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

MI / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 7. LOCATION TON SEUSIONS a st
Z-ault te Marie, Michigon 0 Yas Balloon
PR Le if Ln Y Side hisan 0 Probably Belloon
Ae nat SHS Ry Sh I DID A MI eA Se ES See RI sp Tied
3. DATE-TiIMZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
g PUY 0 Was Aircreft
og EE CARO 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT LS 3057, ALSO R007 3 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5.. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
D Yes 0... Probably Astronomical I~ 50
“IT No RES an OO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE isto} ot SeSente ar er Rea
: aly : 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
we PY End 355 0 Unknown
10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 5 RATE
1 times 1 aghh, blue-white in color.
whistling sound was heard.
2. Sphere, size of pea, white, Hail 50-
100 mil ehind. Plight ‘path was in a straigh
“1 1ine.
ATIC FORM 29 [RXV 26 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983537

Connected across the archive

Installations

Fort Belvoir

Places

MichiganSault Ste Marie, MI

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-06-01

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