PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

O Wes Bell
Cscoda, Michigan o Probably “Balloon
i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belleon
O Was Aircraft
£kGrounéd- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar a Pp hele Asoenele
oO Ain View © Air-Intercopt Rader | 7 Possibly Aireralt
—— 4X Wes Astronomiceteor
O Probebly Astronomical
4 0 Possibly Astronomicel
7. Taneth Gr OBSERVATION * OF OBJECTS 0 Other. ——
O Insufficient Dota fer Evaluation
fraction of second 0 Unknown

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING - COMMENTS

ircular sphere, red w/sparks and
Rouble contrail which persisted for
13 min. Flash outlined

louds. Flight to East.

Meteor.

a Bf USE OC ScswR, Mahia
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RAZDS y
WPD238
YuSR E56
JEDFJ Aag3
pP JEDEN JEDWP JEPHa 335 ——~
bs Jedi J 232
2? 3520002
fy CMDR S27TH ADGP WURTSMINH AFB OSCODA MICH
TO JEDEN/CMDR ADC ENT AF COLO SPRINGS COLO

JOT 4 Cw
JEDWP/CMD2 AIR TECH INTOLLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AF2 O4I0-—™
INFO JEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HO USAF WASH 25 DC
2¢ $83 PD SU8J CLN UFOS PL SUBMTD IN TWO PARTS PD PART ONE CLN SINGLE
CTRCULAR PAREN SPHERE PAREN OSJECT CMA SIZ E OF A PEA CMA COLOR RED
CMA SPARKS SEEMED TO BL COMING FROM IT CMA DOUSLE CONTRAIL VISISLE IN
THIS AREA AT 2837 DISIPATED AT 3823 PD CONTRAILS LEVEL AT THIS TIME
BETWEEN 23,033 AND 32,002 FEET CMA NO SOUND PD FLASH AND CLOUDS’ OUT-
LINED IN SRILLANCE CMA TWENTY DEGREES ANGLE WHEN FIRST TESERVED AND

JP SECOND 9D GROUND VISUAL SIGHTING CMA NO OPTICAL AIDS PD SIGHTED 12357

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PACE TWO JEDFU 235

egporrrmne 2:2 CA 12TH WEA SO CMA APPEARS RELIABLE

C Ne <:, tc cua a2TH WEA $2 CMA APPEARS RELTASLE

PD SCATTERED CLOUDS CMA GOCD VISIBILITY CMA 293 TO 523 DEGREES CMA 45

TO 59 KNOTS CMA SURFACE WINDS WEST SOUTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS CMA 23,222

FEET CEILING CMA 125 MILE VIS CMA TWO SLASH TENTAMS STRATO CUMULUS IN AREA
AT TIME CF SIGHTING PD & CMA S$ CMA 3% CMA 13 CLN NEG PD PREPARED BY
ACTING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING DIRECTIVES PD
PRELININARY ANALYSIS DEVELCPED NO CLUE AS TO IDENTITY OF OPJECT PD
SeVERAL BASE PERSONNEL REVEALED SIGHTING CONTRAIL OR YAPOR TRAILS AT
DAWN IN THE MORNING PD THESE TRAILS APPEARED TO BE MOVING IN A SOUTHWEST
LIRECTION AND THEN TUkWEN EAST CMA SEEMED TO COME TOGETHER AND END IN

A CLOUD FORMATION PD 1iiS FORMATION COMPLETELY DISIPATED AT 2829

EST PD PART TWO CL OVAL SHAPED OBJECT CHA SIZE OF DIME OR FLARE CMA
WHITE IN COLOR CMA APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING IN A SW DIRECTION CMA G

CMA H CMA I CLN NEG PD U2JECT LIT UP SKY, APPEARED TO ®£ TRAVELING IN
AN ARC CMA 1,99 FEET ALT IN SQ DIRECTION CMA 15 DEGREES AT SIGHTING

AND DISAPPEARANCE CMA FADED

OUT CMA 3 TO 4 SECONDS PD GROUND VISUAL CMA B CMA C CLN NEG PD SIGNTED
14552 13 JAN 54 CMA NIGHT PD OSCODA CMA MICHIGAN PD <ccmme. ,
24 CMA OSCODA CMA MICH, CMA DRY CLEANING CMZ UNK PD 7 CMA & CMA 9 CMA

3 CMA 11 CMA 12 CLN SAME AS PART ONE PD

$23 586 JAN JEDFJ

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