West Bloomfield, Mich., May 1959May 1959

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 West Bloomfield, Mich., May 1959 in May 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

West Bloomfield, Mich., May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE : | 2. ILGCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
:
Tr 0 Was Balloon {
i ! 13a Selden. 00 Probably Balloon
: |  OATE-TIME GROUP (EE al 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION NH Pu ff FR er |= Possibly Balloon
limi Was A f
Rr \ SATA - ACP PRP 8) {as Aircraft
Local 0 Ground-Yisv a 0 Ground Rader la P robably Aircraft
< 3~ cai bls irernft
3 CMT. a Nz dé SMAI A | 0 Air~Visual 0 Air-lntercent Radar O Possibly Airer ify
§ 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
{ Q Yes 0 Probably Astranomical
i a eo RBS 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENG # OF OBSERVATION To NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Lehi an
i 0. Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
| th 0 Unknown |
i 12 DRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Pr COMMENTS ST of
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E ATIC FORM 32% (RXV 28 S22 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983318

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01