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Van Dyke, Michigan, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Van Dyke, Michigan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 2 August 1956 Van Dyke, Michigan 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION 口 Was Aircraf! Ground-Visuai Ground-Radar Local 口 Probably Airercft 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT_02/0845Z AirVisuai D Air-Intercept Radar Was Astronomical MarS S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Probably Astronomical DYes 口 Possibly Astronomicai XONo Civilian 9.COURSE Orhor. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown one Southerly five.hrs.thirty mins 11.COMMENTS O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Concur w/reportmng officer that this One round object,size of pinhead sighting was astronomical in held at arm's length. Red and white nature. The planet Mars was in in color and bright. Traveling in a the area at the time, and inversidn southerly direction. Ohserved five layers were also presen

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