PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339610

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONTraverse City Michigan

FRAMES2

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 88.1/100 · engines: paddle-gpu-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi

.*
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
9 Oct 55 Traverse Was Balloon
City, Michigan 000 Probably Balloon 1
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visuel Ground-Roder Was Aircraft -
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 10/0100Z to 03002 AirVisual . Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE + Was Astronomical Arcturus Was Astronomical Arcturus
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
XXNo XXNo civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . 8. NU JECTS JECTS COURSE 9. COURSE. Other.
S to N and up S to N and up 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation aluation
Unknown
2 hours, 10 min 1 1 and down
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMENTS
Shaped like a star, yellow and white which like a star, yellow and white which Arcturus sets at disappearance Arcturus sets at disappearance of obj.
changed to red and green, no sound, varied ichanged to red and green, no sound, varied
Iin intensity, obj bounced in sky. intensity, obj bounced in sky.
1
ATIC FORM 32
.
6

FRAME 002 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi

TO COMDR 3OTH AIRDIV WILLOW RUN MICH OR Chaneo 10 a
INFO' COMDR AFB COLO Aua 459205-10
COMDR PaRA 2-176 (i)
HO US
COEDR INY PARAPHRAS XCEPT PRIOR TO
CATEGORY B ENCRYPTIO! IY REMOVE
AC ALL INTERNAL REFERE TIME GROUP
CITE: P.S 432. PRIOR TO DECLASSIFICA ICLASSIPIED
REEKRENCE IF THE-DATE IS QUOTED
UFOB. I.M PARA 6B,2CC-25. THE OLGEFEPTIS SURM CA) LIKE A STAR
KB) AS A BASEBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTHO CCT VELLOW AND HITE
GHANGI. G TO RED-AND GREEN (OD I. CEY NEGOCE GLOHNG, GETTING
GIT IGHT DDINNER.(E) EGCXH NOSOUD.(TYNEG.(2) (A) 1D NER.(E) EGCXA NOSOUD.(TYNEG.(2)(A)
EOUNCING BOUNCING IN THE SKY.(E) COULI PET.BE DETERI HESIY(E) COULD RET BE DET.
S. (CYINTO. .(CINTO DESOUTHT (ESOUT CHTE AND LP CHTHE 24
(E) DISSAPPEAREU TOVTSM DISSAPPEAREU TONTS KACLOUUET ASCLOUALEO HORLTOK HORLZOIE
E HOURS AND TCNSUTESE E NOURS AND TCFUTELOECAGRELDCAESOALTCE) NEG. LOYCAAGRELEEALSUALTCE)NEG.
(C) 1EG. (A) 0122Z T0 38EZ 0N 16 GCF 55(B5 K1GHT. (5) E0E957 1EG. (A) 01222 T0 4382Z 0N 1CGCE55(B5 K1GHT.(5)E02957
(5) (A) MR TRAVERSE CITY, MICH, RETIRED MARINER.
MRS Y ALL OF SAME AI ADDRESS,
AND MRS CFFIDLAY OHIC.A BEST
OF KNOT LEDGE. (E) NEG. (7)(A)CLEA GOOD. 50 *
(B) SOU
(E) SCA (S) NEG.(SY NCNE. (1O) NOA.E.
(11) M AFFIC.(12) KNOWN CAUSE CF THE SIGHTING,
POSSIHILITY OF DUCKS. UFOB. 155-17273
12/1013Z
UNCLASSIFIED Oy
.