PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6782763

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONAlpena Michigan

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 7 |
1. DATE

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

ea tats 0 Wos Balloon
Michigan QO Prabably Bolloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

, 0D Wes Aircroft
J0KGround- Vi suol O Ground-Rodor CO “Probobly Aircraft

Possibly Aircraft

12 November 1957

"3. DATE-TIME GROUP

Local

GMT
5. PHOTOS

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0 Air Vi suol 0) Air-intercept Rador

0D Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
0: No Civilian vi Tc 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other iecnaapisiien in
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
QO Unknown
- —Lo meconds SLC le es <n ea
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
Cigar shaped object with pointed nose Possibly an a/c at such an angle
having a blunt tail. Aluminum color. that the wings and stabilizers
Had a sound between a peep and a were not visible, Positional
thistte with a low tone. The sound information in report confusing,
was heard before seeing the object. A/C probably in east during per-
Object flew a straight unaltered 10d of sighting,

course into infinity.

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TIME ELASPE BETWEEN EACH PERP WAS ABOUT TH2 SAME DURATION PD
Se HAD NO WINDOYS AND DID NOT SEE ANY FINS OR MECHINICAL.
PROTRUSIONS OF ANY KIND PD

(D) L. KEARD THE SOUND BEFORE ACTUALLY SEEING THE OBJECT Pp

2. 45 DEGREES SY 92 DEGREES

3. FROM WEST TO EAST 60 DEGREES MINUS 70 DEGREES

7. OBJECT FLEW A STRAIGHT UNALTERED COURSE

$4 OBJECT WENT INTO INFINITY

Se 12 TO 15 SECONDS

(C) 2. GROUND VISUAL

ee EYE (NAKED) NO OPTICAL AIDS WERE USED

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(2 OBSEREVER YAS AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 65 AND 32 IN ALPENA

MICHIGAN 4&5 DEGREE

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2" NORTH 18 DEGREES 38” WEST

(F) L. CIVILIA Re cH icon, FaApveEr
TELIABILITY OF SOURCE UNYNOWUN

2. NILITARY NON

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2. OSCODA, MICHIGAN 14567 WIND SU 7 MPH AT 230 Drerers |
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5, NICH SCATTERED
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(H) NONE

(1) NYA

(J) NONE VISIBLE, 18¢% FLIGHT PLANS FOR AREA FOR {2 NOV 57

(Kh) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WAS PEPORTED TO THIS OFFICE BY
PHOND P] AP AR see SAF, Ci-195), ALPENA, MICKICAN
(FORMERLY 677TH AC&Y) QUESTIONED THE INDIVIDUAL AS WE

DIRECTEL AND IMMEDIATELY RELAYED HIS ANSWERS TO US PD

(FROM DISCRIP ; POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION-¥OULD BE

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STABILIZERS VERE NOT VISIBLE BUT THE POINTED NOSE, CIGAP

SHAPE AND FLAT TAIL YERE SEEN PD THERE WERE NO Feige? AIPCRAFT FROM

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JURTSMITH AFB IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME PD
F-222 AIRCRAFT FROM KINROSS AFB POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN

IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF SIGHTING PD

SGS7729 QND LT, 445TH FIS,

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