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1. DATE
24, November 1.951

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12,

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Michisan
3. DATE-TIMEGROUP ~~ [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION
0.9068 nsmsenen 0} Ground-Vi sual D Ground-Radar
Gmt__2/,/? 257. Ft Air Visual DO Air-intercept Radar
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Military & Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

1). BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

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CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical 1057'OR
Probably Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

1). COMMENTS

METSOR OBSskVATION.

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INT 33913. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADCL 2@@-1 FCLG sU_MITTED. PVT
JAMES YOUNGS, PATTEASON AFB, ENGINEERING SECTION, WHILE IN
VICINITY OF :ATTLE CxZix, MICHIGAN, SIVHTED A LONG, aHITE, <EIERR
SHAPED( USJECT WITH cED‘TKAIL MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH. ESTIMATED
ALT 4999 FT, ESTINATED SPEED OVER 499 MPH. TIME 2962212. No ,
ADDITIONAL 2EFORTS AECEIVED.T REQUIRED AF FOAM 112 AMPLIFYING
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Hegeived fro: Cormand rost at 22202.

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pod orctoas” reported signting large oblong brigntly lighted cbject moving at rapid
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rete of speed with no noise. Cne minute later flight 94, Orapitol Airlines a3Al
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27? pilot, who is a Senior Captain on airlines, signted similer object over
er Cocpersville, Michigan. Altitude estimated 1,000 to 1,500 feet, estimated
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* mm speed sw 1,000 miles per hour. Altituce of Capitol Airlines sircraft,
Pt oe At 2330Z, tower operator at Kent City Airport, Grand Hapids, .ienigan,

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reported similar object. CAA detachment at Battle Creek received a report

from ©evt. James Young from “risnt-Patterson Air Force Buse who reported seeing

; . in vicinity Battle Creek, Michican, s=?2Ttj a cigar shaped large object wita ~~

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faint glow at tail moving from ilorth to South at estimated altitude of 4,000

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fe ate Selfridge radar at 2320Z c3ased operation and tae antenna revolved

in opposite direction. ADC checked various stations and no flirsht plan
reported tnrat could correspond. Weather cavu 2t time of sightings. fhe
Command Post duty officer queried Col Romisc, suidec missiles man in Research

and Devslopment and he had no information to offer.

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Received by telephone call from Col Eriksen, AFOIN, 1700 hours, 26 Nov.

RECSIVED AT COMMAND POST

2h, NCVEMBER 23202

2uTH NOVEMBER AT SSLFRIDGE AIR FORCE BASE TwO MEN REPORTED SIGHTING A

LARGE OBLONG BRIGHTLY LIGHTED OBJECT MOVING AT RAPID RATE GF SPEED WITH

NO NOISE. CAPITAL AIR LINE PILOT WHO IS A SENIOR CAPTAIN ON AIR LD
SIGHTED SIMILAR OBJECT OVER COOPERVILLE, MICHIGAN. ALTITUDES ESTIMATED

1,000 to 1,500 FEET, ESTIMATED SPEED 1,000 MILES PSR HOUR. ALTITUDE

OF CAPITAL AIR LINE AIRCRAFT 1,900 FEET. AT 23302, TOWER OPERATOR

AT KENT CITY AIRPORT, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, REPORTED SIMILAR OBJECT. CAA
DETACHMENT AT BATTLE CREEK RECEIVED A REPORT FROM PVT JAMES YOUNG FROM

WPAFB WHO REPORTED SEDING IN VICINITY BATTLE CREEK MICH AT 02212 CICAR
SHAPED OBJECT WITH FAINT GLOW AT TAIL MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AT
ESTIMATED ALTITUDE 1,000 FEET. SELFRIDGE RADAR AT 23202 CEASED OPERATION
AND ANTENNA MOVING OPPOSITE DIRECTION. ADC CHECKED VARIOUS STATIONS AND NO ~
FLIGHT PLAN REPORTED THAT CAN CORRESPOND. WEATHER CAVU AT TIME OF SICHTIN G.
THE COMMAND POST DUTY OFFICER QUERTED COL ROMIC, COMMAND MILITARY MAN IN
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND HS HAD NO INFORMATION TO OFFER.

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FOLG REPT OF UNUSUAL FLYING OBJECT SUBMITTED IAV WITH ACDL 2931.
PARA® 6 OBSRS REPT SIGHTING AN UNUSUAL FLYING OBJECT FR 4 DIFFERENT
PNTS IN LOVER MICHIGANy O3SRS,» PNTS OF OBSERVATION AND TIMES OF
CBSERVATION? 2 AMN ON SELFRIDGE AFB AT 2423202, 1 AMN 4 MILE EAST
OF BATTLE CREEK MICH AT 2403252, 2 EXPERIENCED TOWER OPRS VT K=NT
COUNTY AIRPORT AT GRAND RAPIDS, nas AT 2423352, CAPITOL AIRLINES

PLT OVER COOPERSVILLE, MICH AT 2W2535Z, INTERROGATION OF ALL OBSHS

IS INCOMPLETE AT THIS TIME HOWEVER FOLG PATTERN APPEARS TO EXIST,

IN ALL CASES OBJECT APPEARED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUANDRANT ON A WESTERLY
CR SOUTH WESTERLY COURSE PARALLEL TO THE GRD AT SPEED ESTS VARYING ¢

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Tm $39 MDE TO 1,298 MPH, OBJECT WAS DESCRIBED AT! FOOTBALL SHAPED,
OUND AN ULLZET SHAPED, COLRS SLUISH WHITE » I iTS AND BLUISH

ORANGE » ALTITUDE WAS ESTD FR S52 $T TO fe 2 ¥Ty 2 O8SRS REPTD AN
CRANGE THIL OR EXHAUST, VISIBILITY AT ALL PNTS DESCRIBED AS UNLIMITED,
SJECT VANISHED’ IN SOUTH OR SOUTH WEST SY @ITHOUT CHANGE OF COURSE,
CRSERYATICNS LASTED FR 2 TO $ SECONDS, NO "ICISE JAS HEARD, NO JET ACIT
MNOWN TQ SE OPNL IN AREA AT Tink» CHECK INDICATES NO KNOWN EXPERIMENTAL

JUSALLONS WERE IN AREA, MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY CBSEEVATCRY REPTS NO AURORA

] SOREALIS VISIBLE OR METOROTIC ACTIVITY OBS e NO TLECTRONIC CBSSERVATIONS

WERE NOTED BY RADAR STAS IN RANGE, DATA CN O8SRsS AS FOLS3 CPL ARTHUR R

CHAPMAN, PYC MELVIN 2 MERDELL y $63 AC AND ZF SQ, SELFRIDGE AFB, PVT

JAMES YOUNG » ENGRG SECT, RIGHT. PATTERSON AFO, MR LUGENS SMITH AND MR
SYRYLO TOWEAD OPRS KENT COUNTY AIRPORT» GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,

MR HARRY SCHRADER, CAL PLT CiiICAGO, ILL» PHONE NR GLENVIEW Sees, 735-

MR SCHRADER REPTS "HAVING SEEN SECOND UNUSUAL CBJECT CN FLT 26 Noy 51

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Me, » Glenview, Tllinols, Phone Clonview
SER; waa Anterrogeted by Lt E, J, Ruppelt on Sunday, 9 November 1951.

Mr, was Captain on Capital Airlines Flight 94 on 24 lovember |
1951. His co-pilot wa )(first name unknown), ‘The flight was en-
route to Grand Rapids, Michigan, fro: a Muskegon, ilichigan,

At avoroximately 1835 EST (2325 2) bath pilots of the bO-3 noticed «
object appear in the Ni and cross thers course to the SW, The object Heart
to be at their sltitude, which was 1900 ft., and appeared to be between then
ond Grand Rapids, Michigan, They were over Coopersville, Michigan, at tha
time of sighting.

ihe object appeared to bs ¢ 12 Inchas in dismeter, round, “dullich blue"
Jight source with no tail, or trail, and was comparatively bright, ‘Yhe tra-
jJectory was flat, Af it arched 10 was so litlle that it could not be detected,
The object was viewed for 4 = 5 seconds until it AS wapEes ared in the distance,
The sources could not judga the hese hy unele the obje ah passed through, Its
appearance was noted due to its brightness, It ws not noticed aporoaching
from a great distance, but was noticed Cisappearing. The speed waa ju: dread to
be "terrific", it was estimated at 1000 mph, but this wos only a rough guess,

On landing at Grand Rapids, the pilot heard that the se ier operators had
also seen the object, He was interrogated over the phone by Air Defense people
from Selfridze, He also heard that the tower had intercepted a message from

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a net", (he could not give any more details on what net) saying thet oa redar
site, vhose location was classified, had picked up an unidentified return 20

miles cast of the station and he assumed that this was what they were asking
hin ebout over the phone. (Comments This radar pick-up has never been hear

of before and will be checked,)

Mr, WHIM voted that while he and the co-pilot judged the spin to
have passed west of Grand Raniris, tower cperatora in Grand Rapida atated that it
had been east of their location,

He noted that the night was very clear oxeept for the usual slight haze,
always found near Grand Rapids,

COMMENT: Ail during the conversation, it wes apparent that tr mention

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did not believe this was a meteor, He mentioned the Poonsit tity of an LP euidarc

missile, It is apnarent that if this mal a ube a it% has no characteristics e
a normal meteor, He stated that he had seen all kinds of meteors and had nover

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scen anything like this before, :

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stable person. Mr. —Qgggglle’s co-pilot wis not inherrocated althouch he also ob-
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served the object. VWaather sequence of Crand Rapids, “ishigan, of 24/75002 follows:

amg 012 312/18/19%sn2/040 ~ Grand Rapids

Municipal Airnort, Chicago, Tllinois, at 25/09102

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lr, Sere Capitol Airlinats pilot, was rebuening i his hone
soveral blocks north of the airport when he noticed a whitish oranse colored object
er lirht approaching the airport from the Taste The obja0t was estinated to ba about
2500 fest over the cround ond noving in a southwesterly direction at a spead "Saster

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than a jot." > alma 39:3 unable to observe the object carsfully as ha was at
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a% moment turning a cornsr in his eutomobils. ls could make no estimate of the

@ or shape of the object, but believes the oranges color roeseubled cxhaus$ flames.
irat impression was that it was a very faat moving airsraft with Innding lirchts

howaver, the sinmultangous appsarance of an eirliner with landing lights on ap-~

-gared so much dimmer and slower that he discarded this opiaion. ARBRE was

vmable to observe the disapnarsance of tha object bocansa of the necessity in giving

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attention to his driving. lr made it clesr that he is not certain as to
tha accuracy of the stated time of 25/0102 since ho doss not remember whether or not

his watch vas set for ocastarn or contral timee Ha bolieves, however, the stated
time is morse probably correct. Voather sequence at Chicars, 24/25502 follows:

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Check of 30th Air Division radar stations having radar covaragy of the areas,
indicate no record of elactronis observation of tha objscte

Check with Military Flight Service indicates no known jet nircraft activity,
in the areas concerned. Thres F-86 aircraft out of O'Hare Field, Chiacsco, ware uncer
Liz Dafense Direction Canter control from 2.4/22452 to 25/0016% in ths Chicago area
ard ware alerted to watch for an unusual flying object, but gave a roga%iva report

upon landing at 25/N0302..

Check with Air Pores installation at “inneapolis, Minnesota, indicates
Ceaneral Foods Corvoration thers released only one experimental balloon on 24 Novamber
which landed at 24/19012.

Check with Michizan University Observatory at Am Arbor, Michivan, indicates
no mnetsors were observed during the period in question nor was aurora phenomens
rigivle although the northern sky was reported as brizhte

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enber 1951 ab which tine an eirline pilot ty tower operators, and several ain
an unidentified object in widely separated locations.

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it is proposes that the inclosed letter be sent to anproximately twelve (12) newspapers
in southern Michigan.

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the altitude (4,e, appaared Lou), it is apnarent that the object mart have been

A conotratively creat distances from all the observers. The f.ct thet the obmervers
jn Grend Ranits and over Coonersville cic not observe oa tail or trail can be ex-
plained by the fact that they were farther away from the object,

The actual flight path of the object was probably hirk over Sntario, Caneda,
It vould srobably be possible to cetornine the exuet location ty © sllectine re-
norts or interrogations in Ganaca, 1t is not believod tint tiis io 13 be worth
the effort, hovover, as it would still not definitely Ment.fty tac objeat winless
it har been observed by conmetent acstronouers,

IV. GouCL SLOSS

It is eoneluded that the object observed in Vouthern liiehijan on 24 Noverber
1941 was a large moteor-like object tiat ~mrobably passed over Ontario, Ganrda, or
upper New York State.

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STRUM MICHIGAN = 74 Novenber 197)

I, pIocuSsIon OF INGILES

On the eveniny of .Y, Novenber 1951, sev n ~eocle observed an cellentified
@erinl oh ject, from four serarute loe.tions in vouthern lichiren, -u- otject
was observed in the S.. quatrant treveline at goeodis "much faster tha: a Jet
at on arnaurently low altituce (below *,°0 ft. or 2° = £° above the sorizon)
in «ll the otserv:tionr, “he object travaled horizonte1 to the ert. ani in one
instance ws noted to lose altitude juct hefore it dicesoesred, No ‘oun’s were
hersd by any of the obsurver:, In each. ese the tire the object wir in sirht
Was SaG seconds or less.

adcitional infor:wation is riven below am! in incloved overlay u.iel chows
anpcercn® tr.cx of objects, It will be noted thet thece are only the agpoerent
tracks, at oe

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CAVU an! excentionally cleur at 611 points of observ: tion,
III. S'.AUS OF Til. TV STIGaTION

The possibility of jet afrersft in the area, widentified reader ccturns, and
known reteoric or aurora »henoncnon were cheexed with neri tive results. Frou the
reports, it is reasonable to asrune thet all the observers si-inted tne sae object,
tacre is a time scan of five nim.tec between verious sishting: but tits esuld be
cue to errors in thic watehes of the otservers, Assturin; that the tor clock
woule be the most accurric, the tine wor.li be 1354 iST, Fron the ecsthates of

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thr altituce (1.e, apoanre] low), it is apoarent thet the ol.j-ct must hive been
& comparatively rreat distance from all the observers. the f2et thet the observers
An Grend Raniic enc? over Soonersville dic not observe a teil or trai] cnn be exe-
plained by the fnet thet chey were farther avay from tuc object.

The actuad flipht path of the object wan vrobubly Lirk over Tntario, Canecja.
It would srotatly be possible to cetemune the exect location t, srilecting re=-
ports or interrorations in S:maca, it is not telieved that tits wnld be worth
the effort, however, as it would still not definitely Sgentify *..c ohject uniess
4t had been observed by commetent astronomers,

IV. WOOL) SIONS
It is concluie2 that the object observed in southern liiehi. an on 24 Novenber

1961 was a large meteor-lice object tuat ~rolably passe’ over Sntarco, Gannda, or
undper New Yor. otate,

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Le. Mate of Observation: 2?) Nov 51 Date of Interview: 3 Dec 51

2.  xact Time (local) 6:25 22:2 72

3. Place cof Observation: one mile east of Battle Creek, Michigan

4. Position of Observer: Ground

5S. what attracted attention to object: glowing object

6. Number of objects: One

7. Apparent size: fighter plane

8. Color of object: Wose had a white glow, rest of object white but not as
bright as nose.

9. Shape: matchstick

10. Altitude: ,000 ft

ll. Direction from observer: East

12. Distance from observer: approximately 0 miles

13. Direction of flight of object(s): South or South southeast

1h. Time of sights 6 seconds

15. Speed: over 00 mph

16. Sound and odor: none

17. Trail: white

18. Luminosity: white glow at nose

19. Projections: none

20. Maneuvers: none

21. Manner of disappearance: as if light was turned off

22. Additional information concerming object:

The observer stated that the object disanveared from sight when it was in
line of sight with the beacon light at Brooks Field, which is approximately
10 miles frem the point of observation. He could ghee give no definite estimate
as to the object's size, speed cr altitude.

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