Three Oaks, MichiganJune 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 5, 1954, at 2:25 a.m. EST in Three Oaks, Michigan, a civilian observer reported seeing one unidentified object. The object appeared bright as Saturn and had no running lights. It moved northeast at a speed of 500 miles per hour. The sighting lasted 3.5 minutes. The Air Force could not determine what was observed and noted that insufficient data was available for firm analysis. The official evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Three Oaks, Michigan

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

MI / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 June 1954

2. LOCATION
Three Oaks, Michigan

12. CONCLUSIONS
[Checkboxes for:]
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown (checked)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 2125 0ST (II)
GMT: 06/0225Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[Checkboxes for:]
Ground-Visual (checked)
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No (checked)

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3.5 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
"Bright as Saturn" No running lights, EST, speed of 500MPH.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a/c, however, insufficient data for firm analysis

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958469