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Battle Creek, Michigan, October 1951

Date of account
1951-10
Location
Battle Creek, Michigan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 21 0et 1951 Battle Creek,Michigan Was Bolloon 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locol Gound.Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aiieralt 口 Probably Aircrof! 21/1625Z O Ai~Viswol Air-Intareap Rador 口 GMT Possibly Aircrolt 5.PHOTOS .SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Yos ProbablyAstronomicol .No Civilian Pilot 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OaSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orher. 口 Insufficiant Dato for Evaluation Unknown 3-5Seconds 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Color vas highly polished silver. Shape was oval Pilot stated that as the object passed under side, come center on top.Altitude was beneath,him,he inmediately orbited once 30o0 ft.No vapor trail,and no sound.Objeet f/by on course,but unable to see the approached head on but before pilot could take object again, contimued

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