DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7072593
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONBeulah Michigan
FRAMES17

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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22 October 13956 Beulah, Michigan QO Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION {|G Possibly Belloon
: O Was Aircroft
Locol ag ope © Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircrofs
GMT 23/0450Z D Air Visual 0D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Woes Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
*<O Ne Civilian (GOG) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE tee
‘Ds <Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
0O Unknown

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__two to five minutes
11. COMMENTS

0, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One oval or egg-stsaped object with Card indicates other(light reflee-
points on the ends Object was aluminum] tions) as cause; however, follow ~
colored witha row Gf blue lights along] tp report not received and case
the bottom. A hissing sound was nded. carried zs insufficient data,
Object disappeared into the ENE very
feast aftea having been observed visual.
& through a 3O power scope for 2 to 5
minutes,

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UFOB RPT Ig SUEN CMM ITEM 1A OVAL CMM EGG POINTES END PD 1P 1449 FEET
LONG PD 1C ALUMINUM CNM WITH ROW OF BLUE LIGHTS ALONG BOTTOM PD 1D ONE
PD 2E N/A PD 4F ROW OF BLUE LIGHTS ON BOTTOM CMM POINTED NOSE PD 1G

NONE PD 4H HISSING PD 11 CAVE IMPRESSION OF HULL OF FOAT COMING TOWARD

A PERSON PD 2A LIGHTS PD 2B 64 DEGREES TO 74 DEGREES AND 166@@ TO 131342
FEET PD 2C VERTICALLY OUT OF SIGHT PD 2D DISSAPPEARED TO EAST NORTH EAST
PD 2E VERY FAST PD 2F TWO (2) TO FIVE (5) MINUTES PD 3A GROUND VISUAL

PD) 3B THIRTY (39) POWER SCOPE PD 3C NONE PD 4A 94542 23 OCT 56 AND 12282
23 OCT 56 PD 4B NIGHT AND DAY PD 5A DQ 5441 PD 6A MR ROBERT SUTTON CNM

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“pat CMM MICH PD €46) FORTY SIX YRS CMM CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR OF BENZEE
AUNTY PD HAS BEEN TRAFFIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR (23)
TWENTY THREE ¥RS PD PHONE NUMPER TU 27223 PD 7A CLEAR SKIES CMM VERY GOCD
VIS PD 7E 278/29 CMM 2677115 CMM 24a/71% CMM 230/705 CMM 250/2% CMM 263725
PD 7C UNLTD PD 7D (15) FIFTEEN PD 7E ZERO PD 7F NONE PD 8 NONE PD 9 NONE
PD 16 NONE PD 132A NONE BY GOC OR RADAR PD 12A RICHARD H ERICSON 1/LT OPNS
OFFICER NO PROBABLE CAUSE AT THIS TIME PD 13A O8SERVER: MR SUTTON REPORT-
«D THIS TO HEADQUARTERS MICH CIVIL DEFENSE PD MR JOHN GRIFFIN PD HE WAS
POSITIVE IT WAS NOT THE AURORA BOREALES PHENOMENON HE SIGHTED PD HIS
SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED EY AT LEAST FOUR ¢€4) PERSONS IN THE BENZIE
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