PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7071111

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONFreeport Michigan

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Wos Balloon 7
23 September 1956 Freeport, Michigan 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Lecal Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_23/1930Z Alr-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s Y.s 00 0 Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
XO No Civilian Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATION NUMBER BJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE 0 Other_ Other.
X Insufficient Data for Evaluation X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
NE 0 Unknown Unknown
unknown one one
I0. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 0. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object with a round shape and Insufficient data. Sun at 35dgr
a size of silver dollar. Color was elevation 240 dgr azimuth at time at time
silver to red to silver to red yellow yellow. Object was Object was of rpt object in area of sun. of rpt object in area of sun
at 270 elevation. Still at
270dgr at time of rpt.
)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 9EP 52)

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23/19302 aivisad to holl till tin
Iiitines , 44
.0 WPBC19 YMA001BWA501
PP RJEDBW RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPNB RJEPHQ (
DE RJEDBW IG
P 232138Z
FM COMDR 78IST AC&W SQDN CUSTER AF STA MICH
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT COLO
RJEDBW/COMDR 30TH ADIV WARFS MICH
RJEDBW/WILLOW RUN AFS BELLEVILLE MICH
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT PAT AFR OHIO
RJEPNB/COM RJEPNB/CON TEWART AFB NY
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/QPS S 09-1E1 PD /UFOB/THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBM IAW AFR
200-2 DTD 12 AUG !
1 A ROUND Ceclim
Chol
B SILVERDOLLAR 1-4-4E4
C SILVER TO RED TO
D ONE 5-4x2a
E NONE 1
F NONE
G NONE
H NONE
HOLAT
02 02
8
PAGE TWO DE RJEDBW 1G
I NONE
2 A HE IS OBSERVER AND HAS SIGHTED OBJECT LIKE THIS BEFORE
B 270 DEGREES wh 7
C 45 DEGREES ( NE) WJ 7 5
W
D SLIGHT TO 270 DEGREES COLN
E STILL IN SLIVHT
F 1930Z
3 A GROUND VIS

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PAGE IWU UE KJEUBW AG
I NONE
2 A HE IS OBSERVER AND HAS SIGHTED OBJECT LIKE THIS BEFORE >45
B 270 DEGREES (issean ot wesl) 7
C 45 DEGREES (hes1i NE)W 7 Whans
D SLIGHT TO 27Z DEGREES
E STILL IN SLIVHT
F 1930Z
3 A GROUND VIS (
B 10 POWER GLASSES
C NONE
4 A 1930Z 23 SEPT
B DAY
5 LAT 4230 LON 8545 OhiLt OhiiLle
0 CMM YRS CMM STEELWORKER CMA WEARS BIFOCAL FOR WORK CMA WEARS BIFOCAL FOR WORK -
CMA C/C CMA C/O TMICH I CMM
B PASSED B 3
7 A CLEAR 10,000 15.008 -
B 6,000 QRNPPP
370-40 370-40370-40350-60 -
379-30 WUPARP WUPARP WTPAYP
↑ 7
270 -
(
PAGE THREE DE RJEDGW 1G PAGE THREE DE RJEDGW 1G
C UNLINTED C UNLINTED
15
D OP OR MORE D QF OR MORE -
E NONE
F NONE
8 NONE -
9 NONE
10NONE
11 OBJECT -
AND INTERCEPT ACTION WAS TAKEN PD ALSO OBJECT WAS SIGHTED BY FRIEND OF.
OBSERVER AT HASTING MICH AT ABOUT 1430Z PD BOTH MEN COMPUTED THAT OBJECT
WAS OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN NOW AND REQUEST ADCC ASK MSG AT LAN TO USE
TELOSCOPE ON OBJECT PD

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7 A CLEAR
10,000
B 6,000
370-40 370-40370-40350-60
370-30 WUPARP WUPARP WURARP WTPAYP
270 (
Y
-
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UNLINTED
15
D QF OR MORE 3 -
E NONE E NONE
-
F NONE F NONE
8 NONE S NONE
9 NONE
1ONONE
11 OBJECT WAS WEST OF 11 OBJECT WAS WEST OF OBSERVER HE COULD NOT BE SURE OF SPEEOR
SERVER HAD SIGHTED OBJECT OF THIS TYPE BEFOPE
AND INTERCEPT ACTION TAKEN PD ALSO OBJECT WAS SIGHTED BY FRIEND OF.
OBSERVER AT -. (
WAS OVER THE PACIFIC ADCC MSG AT LAN TO USE
T PD 1 -
TELOSCOPE
12 NONE ate -
BT
24/0019Z SEP RJEDBW
1.10 Jis -
Opame 2211 (
B