DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6966060
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1959
REPORTED LOCATIONFarmington Michigan
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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“. DATE aa 2 LOCATION ~—~ , ~)12 CONCLUSIONS - |
O Was Balican
Om WA. 3 O Probably Belloon
meee <M 25 Ae Farmington, Michigan anl Pascthle Sellen |
2. DATE*TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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baba fikey
GMT_2s/ 5 20Z_ 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Rader O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes OM Probebly Astronomical
No Civilian ae ae O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE QO Other.
MX Insufficient Data for Eveluction
| O Unknown
@pprox 5 secs eight East to West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Approximately eight objs size of half Sounds like a flight of birds. Weather
j&tcollar, oblong in shape, dark top, light Riven as light snow. Objs were very lo
tan bottom. Objs disappeared into clouds | & flew in front of car moving at 40 mph.
traveling in straight line. Oojs also eppeared as a blur dark on to
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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