PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339734

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONGrand Rapids Michigan

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
22 Oct 55 Grand Rapids, Michigan 0 Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon 7
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
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Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
xX Probably Aircraft
GMT 23/00232 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y.s Ys Not reevd Not reevd 00 Probably Astranomical Probably Astronomical
Mo lcivilian (13 yrs) civilian (13 yrs) PossiblyAstronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7.LENGTH .LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_ Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Evaluation
Unkno wn Unkno w
$1$mn$ $1mn WtoE
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One oval obj, size of half dollar held at Requested photo. No photo in file.
arms length, white and leaving a contrail arms length, white and leaving a contrail Case evaluated as a/c on desci ription iption
larger than the obj. Observer taking night of sighting. of sighting.
photographs at time of sig at time of sighting and snapped
one picture of obj.
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X a
RAZ 29 Mlucti 05 48'55
Oc1 23
YMAD47FJAZ 12
00 RJEDEN RJEDEW RJEDUP RJEPHQ RJEPNB
DE RJEDFJ 10 -— 4x2a
FM 0 233 1352
FM COMDR 781ST AC&W SQ FT CUSTER R MICH (
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO I
RJEDBW/COMDR 3DTH ADIV WILLOW RUN AFS PELLEVILLE MICH
RJELWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PAT TTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C
INFC RJEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB N Y
BT (
/UNCLASSIF IED/OPS 1②-115 PD /UFOB/IAW AFR 200-2 DTD
12 AUG 54 CMA THE
FOLLOWING FOLLOWING UFOB REPORT IS SUBM PD
1 A 1 A OVAL 2 A 9%
TAKING NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS
HALF HALF DOLLAR B
ELEVATION 45 DEGREES ELEVATION 45 DEGREES
C WHITE AZIMUTH 270 DEGREES
WHITE C
ELEVATION 45 DEGREES
D AZIMUTH 0S0 DEGREES
A ONE (1) ONE (1) D STRAIGHT AND
STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT LEVEL FLIGHT
L1 NONE E D
DISAPPEARED OVER HORIZON
F NONE F
ONE (1)MINUTE THIRTY(30 )SEC
CONTRAIL LARGER THAN OBJECT
H NONE NONE
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3 A GROUND-VISUAL 12 NONE I IN AREA
NONE 11 FREDERICK CHEFFY 1/LT USAF
O N/A SENIOR DIRECTOR
4 A 232D23Z OCT 55 12 ONE (1)PHOTGRAPH OBTAINED
3. GJEN 1957 PENDING DEVELOPMENT
SA 13
MICH
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
N/A
7 A WEATHER CLEAR CMA VISABILITY EXCLLENT
E NONE AVAILABLE
8 NONE
0 NONE E
BT
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