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OBSERVER RELIABILITY: According to the Air Force investigator: "The sheriff's office was checked and the one eyewitness was determined to be very reliable." 165°. TACTICS: Object came out of the sky, plowed through trees, struck the ground - "like a stone skipping on water" - at nine different points and took off again; it struck about 300 yards from the observer's farmhouse. COMMENT: Furrows were later found in the ground; the top was cut from one tree and the grass was scorched but not burned. According to the observer, "Fire, about a foot long, was burning out of the NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Farmer. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. SHAPE: A round disc or sphere. DIMENSIONS: About the size of a nickel held at arm's length; later, the observer reported to the sheriff's office that the object was about 12 by 8 feet in size. COLOR: A fiery red. SOUND: A loud rumbling noise followed by four or five explosions. ALTITUDE: The object approached from about 10° above the horizon on a heading of approximately SPEED: Very high. rear of the object." TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: February 27, 1961 at 10:15 P.M. local time/Bark River, Michigan. DURATION: 10 minutes NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Two, TYPE OF OBSERVER: Housewife and her 15-year-old daughter, a high school student. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Unknown.