PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9615312

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1950

REPORTED LOCATIONDetroit Mich

FRAMES3

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APIC NO. NATE OF
MF HO. AociTto:__Detroit, Mich.-
APOT 110. 12-14 yrs
HAVE OF PON_10_ Aug_50 NATF IN TO ATIC_
THM OF BI IFPIIG_2200 COLOR__Brilliance_.
Al: _Cigar or Zeppelin SPED a:3 Ha Hetimt
512-2 ALPTUDE__...._H Asar
COURS_A:S— - LERGTH OF TIME OBCERVED_:
NO. IN (OJP__1_OR 2 TYE OF VATION.Ground_..
10"RO ARED" 1als
broke in two and then pieces rejoined.
1140_.: SKETCHES__
mporary ATIC Hc
( Jan 52)
B b

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4'
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY
1660 EAST HYDE PARK BOULEVARD
CHICAGO 15, ILLINOIS
ALFOB-I 10 August 1950
SUBJEOT: Unide Object
TO Commanding General
Wright-Patterson A4n
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MOI
1. TC compliance with letter, Department of the Army, QSUSA, CSGID
452.1, dated 25 March 1948, subject; Unconventional Aircraft, control
number A-l917, the following information is hereby submitted.
sat
July 1950
"SHAPED LIKE Qirls Report Seeing 'Something' in the
2 Sky-S1x Southfield Tomship Girl Scouts reported that while they
were sitting about the campfire Camp Heap Squawking Squaw at
10 P.m. Thursday they suddenly Baw an wesome brilliance in the
*Their Scout leaders, Mrs. Lewis ginia
Stutzman, said they saw it, too.
the girls for cover
when it looked like the 'thing' was going to crash, They said J
it vanished as suddenly as it came. 1
"Neither the thought it looked much like
what a flying saucer is supposed to look like.
"In nearby Franklin Village, - − Mrs.
Russell Benton also reported seeing the radiance but could not
attest to its stogie shape. 1
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Aug. 1.-(UP)-The Air Force
gave its explanation today to re-
ports of "huge bombers" launch-
ing flying saucers over Michi-
gan.
In answer to repeated reports
of air-launched saucers. an Air
Force spokesman said they were
really F-86 Saber jet fightern at- .
tacking. B-36 bombers in mock
. raids on Detroit.