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Case FileNARA NAID 28964234 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Van Dyke, MichiganNovember 1955

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 Van Dyke, Michigan in November 1955. The full case file (4 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 24.

Reported location

Van Dyke, Michigan

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

MI / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
4 iN \ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : .

I RRC ERNE
1 1. DATE z 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

: O Wos Bolloon

. |21 Nov 55 an Dyke, Michigan O Probably Balloon

~  |'3" DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION eR RES

i 0 Was Aircraft

- yy EE CE ee Sie, X01 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raodar 0 Probably Aircraft

: GM 21/11302Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft

3 5. PHOTOS i : - SOURCE O Was Astronomical

. 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical :
2 No tvilian OD Possibly Astronomical

b 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY Op hapiis slide ot Ou ta La iis aad
: B Xinsufficient Data for Evaluation
| | 3 seconds 1 AERO dn

© |0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

. |Brilliant flash, white, no sound. INSUFFICIENTDATA FOR EVALUATION.

; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 55 : ; :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964234

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MichiganVan DykeVan Dyke, MI

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-11-01

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