Silver Lake, MichiganSeptember 1960

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On September 26, 1960, civilians at Silver Lake, near Traverse City, Michigan, reported an object at 2245 to 2300 (about 6:45 to 7:00 p.m. local), shortly after sunset. A man and his wife in a rowboat saw a long, cylindrical, somewhat cigar shaped object with a fiery red surface. It was first stationary, then accelerated swiftly in a north to south direction and climbed rapidly upward until it was no longer visible. The object was about 45 degrees above the horizon, made no sound, and had no clear tail. The sky was clear and visibility good. The wife saw it for about 5 minutes and the husband for 2 to 3 minutes. Scores of other county residents also reported it. The Air Force listed the case as a probable aircraft with sunlight reflecting off its surface.

Reported location

Silver Lake, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MI / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

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YQ = ena is © PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. 0D Wes Boll
26 Sep 60 Silver Lake,Michigan a Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9, -FEINNy Berm
TTT NE SU a Ro al aa 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a Probably Airerafy
GMT 26/2245-2300Z 0 AirVisval 0 Air-Intercep? Rodor O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE o SU Same :
o & OD Probably Ast i
| Si Civilian Ce Loerie
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TO RR isles
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
5-6 min one N-5S ol site
SEL ERE IRN AS AOR se BRR SSSI Me SHS: SC i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Long, cylindrical, somewhatccigar shaped object| The object of this sighting was probably
with fiery red surface. When first sighted was | an a/c with sunlight reflecting from its
stationary, then accelerated swiftly in a some-| surface.
what N-S direction but climbed rapidly upward
until no longer visible.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SFP 52) i .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989378