St Joseph, MichiganSeptember 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On September 15, 1958, at 3:05 p.m., a civilian in St. Joseph, Michigan reported seeing one object. The object was round and the size of a baseball at arm's length. It was gold in color with a tail the same size as the object itself. The object moved very slowly to the south. Winds were from the south at 14 knots. The observation lasted 21 minutes. The Air Force noted that elevation and azimuth of the object were not reported. Without positional information, no conclusion could be reached. The Air Force suggested it was possibly a comet, planet, or balloon. The official evaluation was Unidentified.

Reported location

St Joseph, Michigan

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

MI / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 September 1958

2. LOCATION
St Joseph, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 15/05152

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

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
21 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NE to South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, size of baseball at arm's length gold color. Tail was same size as obj. Obj moved very slowly to the South. Winds to South at 14 knots.

11. COMMENTS
Elev & azimuth of obj was not rptd. Without positional info no conclusion can be reached. Possible comet, planet, or balloon. (No mention of steady flight).

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

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979879