Traverse City, MichiganApril 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 18, 1956, a civilian in Traverse City, Michigan, reported seeing one object in the western sky. The object was described as a deep yellow round object with a red tail that appeared as a brilliant light. It moved north and south over a two-hour period. A reporting officer stated the object matched sightings in the area over the past few weeks and was undoubtedly the planet Venus. The Air Force evaluated this case as Venus.

Reported location

Traverse City, Michigan

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

MI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 18 April 1956
2. LOCATION: Traverse City, Michigan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT: 19/0230Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes / No [marked No]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: two hours
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round object deep yellow with a red tail, appeared as a brilliant light in the west (azimuth of 270 degrees) which appeared to move north & south.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual / Air-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Intercept Radar [marked Ground-Visual]
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: N & S in the western portion of the sky
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon / Probably Balloon / Possibly Balloon / Was Aircraft / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Was Astronomical Venus / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Other / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown [marked: Probably Astronomical Venus]

11. COMMENTS: Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this object is the same one which has been reported in this area for the past few weeks and is undoubtedly the planet Venus.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965416