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Detroit, Michigan, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 16 August 1958 Detroit,Michigan 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Local DGround-Visual Ground-Rodar MXWas Aircraft 口 Probobly Aireraft GMT. 17/0245Z DAirVisuol Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos 口 Probobly Astronomical UNo Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS COURSE Other. 口 InsufficientDoto forEvaluotion 口 Unknown 10 mins on9 South 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd,bluish-white obj,approx the Possibly an a/c. diameter of a pencil.obj blinked near the rate of once per second, bright- ening. Had a halo twice its size. Traveled on a straight path South. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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