Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Pontiac, Michigan, April 27, 1952

This document contains a collection of records regarding a UFO sighting reported on April 27, 1952, in Pontiac, Michigan. The primary witness, a middle-aged truck driver, reported observing a large, circular, brilliant white object approximately 200 feet in diameter while driving on Stevenson Highway. The witness claimed the object descended to about 200 feet above the ground, hovered, and then drifted northwest at approximately 100 miles per hour, occasionally stopping. The witness reported that the object had two tiers of windows and changed color from white to orange-yellow. The witness attempted to report the incident to the Birmingham police and later to Selfridge Air Force Base, expressing frustration that the authorities were not taking the matter seriously. The witness also contacted the Detroit Times, but the newspaper eventually dropped the story after being informed by the military that no radar contact had been made. The official military assessment, recorded on a Project 10073 record card, categorized the incident as 'Insufficient Data for Evaluation' and noted that the information provided by the source was 'extremely doubtful.' The file includes correspondence from the witness to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, detailing his experience and his efforts to secure written statements from other witnesses, including two young men and a railroad express truck driver. The military's internal reports, including an Air Intelligence Information Report, confirm the receipt of the report but maintain a skeptical stance, noting that the radar division had no record of any unconventional aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting.