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CASE REFERENCE6312847

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONSault St Marie Michigan

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

Balloon is launched from Sault St. Marie
Probably was balloon.

at 2100.

Pink color

normal for balloon diffusing oblique rays af

sun,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

St. Marie.
Weather was clear.

1. DATE ? LOCATION ( }12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Apr 52 Sault St. Marie, Michigan 0, Woes Bolloon
| t® Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ba Possibly Bolloon
L ! 2600 EST XGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rador QO Wos Aircroft
—* Seay a ee lo Probobly Aircraft
out) 2100 r iil D Air Vi suol DO Air-Intercept Rador O Possilly Aircraft,
: PHOTOS | |. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
9 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
Ne = J O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 1) Other...
O Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
60 seconds L | Unknown
10. BRICF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING wats Ti. COMMENTS “2 Pi a
Pink color. Circular. Hovered. Object appeared to be over Sault

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Reportiag of Information on Unidentifisd Flying Objects A, J
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1 SUMMARY: (ivter concise summary of report. Gire siynifecance in final onaaentence paragraph. Li inclosures ab lower left. Bey) a teat of rspert ™ AF Norm Ji2—Port 1)
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2. Subject report was investivatad by Captain Grady oodham, Sc sec Officer,
Camo Lucas, Sault Ste Marle, iiichigan, in accordance with spornec /x “A, dated 19

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REPORT NO.

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1. On i? April 1952, Te of Sault Ste fo. Michican,
was driving ‘eAgt On. _lichigan State Highway Number 2 a bates thnt

at approximately 1600 hours on that date and at a point approzimately eight (8)
miles south of Sault Ste Maris, he observed for about sixty ot Me seconds, t round»
pink, stationary object at an altitude of five thousand (5000) ¢ 130t to eight
sand (5000) feet approximately aight (8) miles to the north. the object appo:
to have a diancter sequal to that of & B-29 type aircraft or larger.

GE further states that he continued driving but glanced from his car window
from tire to tins in an attempt to determine the sizo, shaps, color, distance,
hoigcht and route of travel of the object so that he could repert it to the author=
ities at Camp Lucase

@e Rumors have spread to a small number of poopla in Sanlt Ste larie but
investigation revealed that no othsr person or porsons had seen the phenemenon,.

3- The investigator, Captain Woodhan, reports that the sky was clear with
the temperature at fifty (50). degrees.

CO¥LSNTS of Preparing Officors

le Tho Preparing Officer is of the opinion that the object sighted could be
any one (1) of the followings

&. Weather balloon

be Kite

ce Friendly sircraft

fe Sun reflected from mist formed over St. Mary's River Falls at Gault
Ste Marie, Michigan.

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EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT #7

DATE: 17 Apr 52 R
TIME (Local): 16090 “Ur

LOCATION: Soult St berie, ichiga

LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: |ol 2o-portot

SOUND? Ua..aoun

SPEED: Unknen

ALTITUDE: 5000-2, 000'

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SOURCE: Gist lim

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DESCRIPTION OF INCLDENT: sound,

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