PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PRUJECTTOU/3RECORD
. LOCATION
OROSSE POINT WOoD
5 Mar 67 06/00502 MICHIORN (1 witness)
. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian BALLOON (Hot Air)
1. 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1 1
5-10 minutes Object appeared round. Object appeared round. Orange red. Orange red. What appeared to be Sp-
arks fell earthward for several seconds. Bright color on
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Object travels on a straight line and appeared to Object travcls on a straight line and appeared to
horizon.
Ground-Visual be orbital. Object disappeared slowly flickering out. be orbital. Object disappeared slowly lickering out.
7. COURSE
Straight line
9. PHOTOS
D Yes
No
2. PHYSICA EVIDENCE
in7 Yas
XX No
FORM
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DUPLICATE 1. Co.pl. No.
CITY OF GROSSE POINTE WOODS Related Compl. No.
Department of Public Safety 853-67
General Incident Report File No.
2. Incident 3. Date 4. Day 5. Time AM 6. How Rec'd
UFO 3-8-67 21 7. Rec'd By: 8. Loss
SIGNT.NG WED 8 EM PIloNE
9. Officer Taking Report 10. Person Reporting MARNE
Sex/D.O.B. 11. Address 12. Phone
TROMI3LEY $2f13 #14
13. Complainant Sex/D.O.B. 14. Address
15.Chone Bus
16. Address of Occurrence and Business Name 17. Date 18. Day 19. Time AM 20. Discovered By:
Sex/D.O.B. 21. District
VICINITV of LiGGET SCHOOL 3-8-67 WED 8 EM
22. Vehicle Involved, Color ORINSE 23. Year 24. Make 25. Body 26. License
? 27. Serial-No. 28. Frop. Tag
AL0N UFO 3 2
29. Method or Tool of Entry 30. Through 31. Exit
32. Evidence Confiscated · Location found, Officer finding, Tag Numbers
33. Crime Scene Search By: 34. Photographs by, Number 35. Teletype & WCT No.
Cancellations
36. Arrests: Name Race/Sex D.O.B. Soc. Sec. No. Address
Charge
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:
37. Details
SPOKE WITN COMPh. WIDO SIATED TNAT SHE WAS DRIVING N. ON RIVER ROND
NENR  BRIARCLIS AS SHE WAS DRIVENG SHE NOTICED A LARGE ORANGE CIRCULAR
THE SKY
OBSECTA TRAVELIAG LN B NORTNEASTERLY DIRECTIN SHC STOONCN THE
460
THEN STARTED MC
SeHooh SOR APPROMATEhY TEN COJMUN AN THEN KEFT TRAVELING
38. Other Officer(s) at scene: 39. Reporting Officer's 40. Approyed By 41. Arrest Prints 0
' Color Photo None
NAMEL. Other Prints 0 B.W. Photc □
Disp. Copy To: Fire Insp. City Dept. Other Cleared By: Unfounded Arrest Ticket (No.) Warned Ref. To:
Exceptional
Records Director Investigation Uniform Safety Juv. Officer Closing Approved

CIY OF ASE FOTIL WUODS COMPL. NO.
ontinuation & Supplementary Report Department of Public Safety
INCIDENT Arrest 853-67
Disposition
DATE/TIME
Tihe SAME ACLOUNT Of THE INCIDENT, STATEMENTS SROU
ARE ATTACHED TO THIS REPORT,
PaTrypas PHOTOS WERE TAKEN By THE SOhhoWNG'
W/E/17 of
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EACH PERSON TOOK TWO
PHOTO's TURNED OVER TO OCERS UNDEVELOE
THIS of
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LOCATE DNy OBJECTS. T THIS OFFICER (HAMGL) NOTIFIED
SALERIDGE A1RFO2CE BACE HEy
Also clears Complaint Nos. Officer's Signaturerand Date: Approyd By: THIS STATION
Masten hy
Copies to: Original - Records Triplicate - Director This Report Only Case File
Duplicate - Follow Up Quadruplicate - Squad Room Page of _Pages Page No.

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SIGNATURE Dete Marcki 8j1967
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WITNESSES:
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DUFLICATE CITY OF GROSSE POINTE WOODS 2 ;
Continuation & Supplementary Report Department of Public Safety COMPL. NO.
INCIDENT Airest
i.F.O. 51GHTiNG Disposition 853-67:
DATE/TIME
SC SELFRIDGE AiRFORCE BASE CALLEDBACK TO THi'S
8cOUkn ALSO LiKE TOBE NOTiFiED WHEN THE PICTURES
ARE DEVELOPED
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Also clears Complaint Nos. Officer's Signature and Date: Approved By:
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Original - Records Triplicate - Director This Report Only Case File
Copies to: Page No.
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anpind tiice l gat tur pictuns of if fint it
staated to glou real lright then if Dimmed
didnt see it againe
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SIGNATURE Dete march8, 1967
1uby 16,1955
NOTE: Do not use this saction for accident cases
WITNESSES:
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Print name SYGN name Date

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of object(s)
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(2Angle or elevation and azimuth of object(s) when first observed.
Elevation =Mrox 1o -d2imuth
elevation and azimuth of object(s) upon disappearance.
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(4) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object(s). Deseri ption of flight path and maneuvers of object(s).
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5How did the object(s) disappear? Instantaneously (5) How did the object(s) disappear? Instantaneously North North,
etc.)? kerelout. kered out.
(6) minutes,
1 Hour, etc. 5-10 Minute's
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DEPARTME
Form: DOD-WPC70.16-1 USAF SKEW
TEMPERATURE IN DEG
120*110°100*90* 80 70° 50 -10* -20°
45°40°35* 30" 25° -20- -30
(208.7 (223.6 80 1283 900
105 100 20 95 as o
[25]-100
SKEW T-LOGP ANALYSIS 1819261 (53083[16180
[24971]
TIME
AIRMASS ANALYSIS
TYPE P
BOUNDARY
TYPE
BOUNDARY [30]
TYPE
150Y10
FREEZING
LEVEL(S)
INVERSIONS 75
FRONTAL 90
RADIATION
SUBSIOENCE 12Q 175
TROPOPAUSE 50/25
37 39
L.C.L.
C.C.L. 150
L.F.C. 144642 13508 65
SIGNIPICANT WIND
MAK. [40] =0 80
MIN.
LEVELS OFSHEAN
STABILITY
INOEX OKX 200/150
51) TO
TO TO
TO TO
CLOUDS
TYPE 485
10 12 6 19 20 22
AMOUNT [50] -200
BASES 52503 38662(11794

OF DEFENSE
DIAGRAM
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PANRENMEIT AND CELSIUS -50* -60*
.40*
45° so-
.40* 150
130 13 140 5
120 70 327.9 -S5 5 100 9
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EXPLANATION 123574 7185
(53083)
(508ARs are srogh, hamroats sreee sees. The heughts al the presaure surlaces
is the ICAO Standerd atmonphere. seler ibe prossare pulues on the loft, wre is joreo [16180]
thew() and brochels I I lo meter valves.
ISOTHERMS (O)  (h SMEM. N broet shas reolng doppinily upom
from iaft to ngac.
DHY ADIADATS aro 100 moree tro 1000 ms. is0 7450
bor at seterval rc The Dry Admbats 120812_[6344
for the onert (Sae betew.)
SATURATION the 1000 m. up-
bar of seternals parpilal to the dry
sdistors
SATURATION snind by dasbod groee insos.
The s00
THICAMES dmutems) of me loyens 1008 100. (18289) [5574]
10063-500, 700-508. 108 180 9. ad 3925 m. m 9
sested by su dite of moh loyer. Thhe thecloroens
are sbtauned free ythe cquok aro mudod, anq a0y 12 9
strewght lume as a drunding in
HEIGHT in geopotnt ns above mase soe lonl. a saoun lewel. of 550
the 1000 mi. surface is the somogran wn Jhe wppo lut hand coroer by 115962 4865
draming a straqht1 trre scale (*f) w ("C) Drough the peal P.
(megn sen level or st the pronsore soois, ad roodiag bouget an the i5
sspropriole heuqit scai
ICAO STAMDARD ATMOSPHE ME SOUNDING is indICOtOd Iy a thICh IreOn Ine.
The saturstod adebots sd ioplotis of sufurabie wabee compotedby 600
wse of vapor prettore over a pigne woter surface af adl temporatores. N33011 4206
Extensuon of chart to 25 mo has beee accompi-shod by onorlog with prouare wnd.
cated w bachets [100] o 600 m0, and [75) of t00 m. Dry adobots tow the oeslep
art laboied in parenthyses (). -20
APPRORIMATE VIETUA TEMPERATURE Wy be CbLONd TON Te fORMU T, =T+ 690
where T, as otoal crmperstore a C. I a hor or temperstoe is C. sod w n wat 111730 [3591)
ryte in grems/luiogrsm. For porpeses of (hactness comgulation. ose the mean tom-
perature of the tayor tor I and ure the mean meeng rathd of the tayor far a.
Slack dafs aaiong mind scale hne mdcates the levele for wluck wad date are reperted 155
3ed plulted The npee crciens ndicate the mandslory prethure lewhs af wuch ad -30 700
data are aise omered. 9882 [3012 1000300411661
Ant beights used in thas dugram are in guopslentud toot and molors
750
3001 [2456
25
-40
800
163941 1949
850
14781 1457
900
3243 983
950
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350
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7.5
38 90 24
400 258
100 23
7.0+
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450
20
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500 500
5.5- 18
26 -34 36 B 17
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650- 650
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800 800 2.0
850 1.5 s
900 900 1.0
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MEMO FOR THE RECORD:
Spoke with Major Nyls concerning the photographs taken by the
Major Nyls said that he had the opportunity to view
the photographs. The only object at appeared on the photos
was a small street light located ross the street in the dir-
ection of the UFO. Major Nyls said he went to the scene and
did see the street light. He definitely believes that the
object was not photographed but the street light was.
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2-2-2
"UFO" Reporting Data (continued)
c. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(l) Use one or any combination of the following items: Ground-visual,
air-visual, ground-el ctronic, air-electronic. (If electronic, specify
type of radar.)
(2) Statement as to optical aic (telescopes, binoculars, etc.) used
and description thereof.
(3) If the sighting occurred while air-borne, give type of f aircraft,
identirication number, altitude , heading, speed, and home station.
d. THME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
2 Light conditions. (Use one
dawn, dusk.) Nioht
e. LOCATION OF OBSERVER(s). Give eXact latitude and longitude of each
observer, and/or geographical position.
7 HeWeeds
(1) Civilian - Name, age, mailing address, occupation, and estimate
of reliability.
cun
ACWS controller USAFJdpn
(2)
reliability. reliability.
ADC-1 Cmbt Spt Gp-CDC
Selfridge AFB. Mich.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
8 Mar 67 9/01502 Grosse Point Woods, Michigan multiple
3. SOURCE CONCLUSION
Civilian Balloon(hot air)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Several minutes Coservers watched a reddish orange colored light like a fire
in the NE E portion of the sky. The object was round in shape
6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION and gave off a funny sound. At first the obser thought
Ground Visual that the object was on fire. The color dimmed brighten-
ed irregularly.
7. COURSE The description is consistent with that of a hot air balloon
Slowly to the NE There has been a rash of hot air lloons reported in early
March from the area.
3. 9. PHOTOS PHOTO:
Yes
XXI No XXI No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IDENCE
7 Yes 7 Yes
XXX No
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
StafF mEssagE branch
AF IN : 70645. (13 Mar 67) P/jay INCOMING MESSAGE pg lof 5
ACTION: RDC-4
INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SA -3, NIN-7, DIA-1 (19)
SMB A101C ZZ BV 8594
PTTU JAW RUCIFLAO005 0721445-UUUU--RUEDHQA.
NR UUUUP
P 131436Z MAR 67
FM ICSG SELFRIDGE AFB MICH
TO RUWMFVAADC
FUCIRTA/34AD CUSTER AFS MICH FUCIRTA/34AD CUSTER AFS MICH
RUEDMAN 1AF STEWART RUEDMAA/ 1AF STEWART AFB NY
RUEDF INF TO WPAF B
JEDHQN/C SAF
RUEDHQA OSAF RUEDHQA OSAF
ZEN/UNIV ZEN/UNIV OF COLO BOULDER CQL.O OF
Er
UNCLAS 1C BOT 19015 MAR 67.
FOR SAF-OI, AFRDC, TOETR, ADCIO, 1AFCIO, 34CIO AND DR. CONDON AT
UNIV OF CQLORADQ SUBJECT: UFO REPORT.
A DESCRIPTION OF OB JECT:
(1) LIKE AN INVERTED-TOP
(2) TENNIS BALL OR BASEBALL AT ARMS LENGTH
(3) REDISH ORANGE - LIKE FIRE
AFHO JAN SS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN 70645 pg 2 of 5
(4) ONE
(5) NA
(6) NONE
PAGE 2 RUC IFLAO005 UNCLAS
(7) NONE
(8) WHISTLING RUMBLE OR LIKE FAN JET
(9) APPEARED ON FIRE, ONE OBSERVER THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS A PLANE
ON FIRE AND ABOUT TO CRASH. COLOR DIMMED AND BRIGHTENED IRREGULARLY.
AT LEAST TWO TIMES DURING SIGHTING, OB JECT BECAME INVISIBLE ABRUPTLY
AS IF LIGHT WAS SHUT OFF BY A SWITCH. AS IF LIGHT WAS SHUT OFF BY A SWITCH.
B DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
(1) BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT. (1). BRIGHTNESS OF LIGHT.
(2)30 T0 50 DEGREES
(3) 50 TO 55 DEREES
i
FORTH. DURING SIDEWAR SMALL JERKY
MOV EMEN TS.
(5) TO NORTHEAST IN SHALLOW CLIMB, THEN LIGHTS SNAPPED OFF.
(S) OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FOR MAXIMUM 50 MINUTES.
C MANNER OF OBSERV ATI ON:
AFHO A ES PORN 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 70645~ pg 3 of 5
(1) GROUND VISUAL
AND ONE QUARTER TELESCOPE 85 PONER.
(3) NA
PAGE 3 RUCIFLACOO5 UNCLAS
B TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
() SIGHTINGS BEGAN AT O10OZ 9 MARCH (2000 EST, 8 MARCH) AND ENDED
AT 0150Z 9 MARCH (2050 EST, 8 MARCH)
(2)NIGHT.
EAST C ORNER OF DS, MICHI GAN
TION, RELIAELE:
ANDa (11) , GROSSE POINT WOODS, MICH;
GROSSE POINT WOODS, MICH OCCUPATION UNKECWN, RELIABLE.
()N/A
AFHQ JAM S3 PORM 0-309C
UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 70645. pg 4 of 5
G WEATHER AND WINDS-AL OFT CONDITI ONS FOR 200O EST 8 MARCH 1967:
FACE TEMPERATURE 19 DE GREES FAHRENHEIT, DEWPOINT 14 DE GREES FAHRENHEIT,
MND 140 DEGREES AT 4 KNOT'S, ALTIMETER SETTING 30. 17".
(2) WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY:
PAGE 4 RUC IFLAO005 UNCLAS
SURF ACE-140 DE GREES AT
S, 000° - 280 DE GREES S, 000 - 280 DEGREES AT 80 KNOTS, 80,O00° NOT AVAILABLE. AT T 80 KNOTS, 80,OOO° NOT AVAILABLE.
(3) NONE (3) NONE
(4).5 MILES
(5) SCATTERED.
(6) NO THUNDERSTORMS
(7) NO UNUSUAL TEMPERA TURE GRADIENTS EXISTED.
H NONE -.
1 NONE
J NONE
CHIEF, BASE OPERATI CNS AND TRAINING DIVISION, RAYMOND W. NYLS,
MAJOR, 1 CMBT AFB, MICH, 313-4651241
AFHO JAM 43 FOMM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
4 INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 70645 pg 5 of 5
EXTENSION 3115, HOME PHONE EXTENSION THIS IS CONSOLIDATED
REPORT OF THREE SEPARATE FAMILIES IN AREA. ALL WITNESSES GAVE
SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME INF CRMATI ON ON OB JECT. PICTURES TAKEN WERE
EACH FRAME THAT WAS LOCATED ACROSS STREET IN DIRECTION OF THE OB JECT
BOTHND APPARENTLY MISSED THE OB. JECT THEIR
PAGE 5 RUC IFLAO005 UNCLAS PAGE 5 RUC IFLAOO05 UNCLAS
ATTEMPT TO PHOTOCRAPH IT ATTEMPT TO PHOTOCRAPH IT OR IT DID NOT REGISTER ON THE FILM. OB JECT OR IT DID NOT REGISTER ON THE FILM. OB JECT
APPEARS TO BE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, SHAPED LIKE AND INVERTED TOP AND APPEARS TO BE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, SHAPED LIKE AND INVERTED TOP AND
WAS ON F IRE. ALL WITNESSES REPOR TED SUBSTANTIALLY SAME TYPE OF
SOUND; A HUMMING OR WHIRLING SOUND LIKE A HUGE HUGE DUCTED FAN OR
GENERATOR, ALSO A WHISTLE TYPE NOISE.
BT
ANNN
..
AFHQ JAN OS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED