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USAF record 28972175 (1957)

28972175

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 13 October 1957

2. LOCATION Indian Trails, Michigan

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2205 GMT 14/0405Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar O Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTO? O Yes X No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8-10 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE NNE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Ball shaped object, size of basketball, silver grey, four lights (possibly portholes) two lights only half visible. Object had a high pitched hum such as an electric generator. Appeared to have a heavy line dividing top & bottom.

11. COMMENTS Feel that this is a great deal of detail about an obj viewed for only 8-10 secs at night. Probable over imagination. Source claimed as "2nd maj/descrip" indicates possible a/c. Duration leads to evaluation as meteor, since initial obsvation indicates obj looked like meteor case is evaluated as a meteor sighting.

CONCLUSIONS: X Was Balloon [REDACTED] O Was Aircraft [REDACTED] O Was Astronomical [REDACTED] O Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ILLEGIBLE]

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