PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070475

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONBert Michigan

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
3 September 1956 Bert, Michigan 0 Probably Balloon
0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local_ XD Ground-Visual Ground-Rader Was Aircraft
CProbobly Aireraft
GMT_04/0105Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other
000 000 Insufficient Insufficient Data luation
Unknown
six six minutes one northerly northerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One oblong hrig hright object, object Duration, shape, color, manner of
initially sighted dgr azimuth, dgr azimuth, disappearance indicate that sight- disappearance indicate that sight
12,000 ifting north. Object ing was probably caused by a/c.
disappeare disappear fading out f sight
after bein observed isually for six isually for six
minutes..
ATIC FORM 329 (RH 26 SEP 52)

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ACTION/O
WPG082 YMA033 YD032BWA079RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEDFJ
DE RJEDBW 50 5SEP 56 07 23 26155
R 0419002 ZEX
VFM COMKR 3OTH AIR DIV DEF WRAF BELLEVILLE MICH
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPNGS COLO
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTL CEN WPAFB OHIO
RJEPHO/DIR INTL HQ USAF WASHDC
INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF
RJEDFJ/COMDR 4602D AIR INTL SER SQ SAFB MICH
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/DI 9105. UFOB REPORT
1. DESCRIPTION BJECT:
A. OBLONG A OBLONG .
B. ARMS LENGTH C
B. ARMS LENGTH
C. RED C. RED 4 -7 ,
D. ONE C
.
E. NONE
F. NONE T NONE e
G. NONE
e
H. NONE
I. NONE .
2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
A. BRIGHT RED
BM090 DEGREES 12000 FEET
C. SAME
D.MDRIFTING NORTH
E. FADED FROM SIGHT
F. SIX MINUTES
3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION
A. VISUAL :"

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NONE .
4.1 TIME E AND DATE OF SIGHTING .
A.04/0105Z
D.D DUSK .
5. LOCATION OF OBSERVER .
A43 DEGREES 14 MINUTES NORTH 83 DEGREES 55 MINUTES WEST
3 GK GP 0514 . 1
5.1 IDEN' CATION INFORMATION OF OBSERVER •
BERT MICH
7WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT
A. CLEAR
p. WinDs ALoFT AT Izooy FEzT B.WINDS ALOFT AT 12000 FEET •
C. NONE C.l NONE •
D. 15 PLUS D.1 15 PLUS
E. A E.A NONE
FNONE FNONE
. UNUSUAL ACTIVITY NONE 3. UNUSUAL ACT NONE
9. INTERCEPTION OR ACTION TAKEN; NNE
1. LOCATION OF KNOWN AI SIGHTING: CHECKED FLIGHT
SERVICE. CAA
REPORTED EAST BOUND AIRCRAFT IN GENERAL AREA. .
1. CHARLES T USAF
12. NONE
34/19052 SEP RJEDBW