Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Pontiac, Michigan, 15 February 1956
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A 1956 sighting report from Pontiac, Michigan, involving two slow-moving, multi-colored objects observed by the GOC. The military concluded the objects were likely balloons based on wind data.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on February 15, 1956, in Pontiac, Michigan. The report, sourced from the Civilian Ground Observer Corps (GOC), describes two objects displaying red, orange, white, and blue colors. The objects were observed for ten minutes, maintaining a position at approximately 5,000 feet altitude while moving in a southerly direction at a very slow rate of speed. At the time of the report, the objects were still in sight. The weather conditions at the time were noted as completely overcast with scattered snow showers, with the cloud ceiling at 5,000 feet. The evaluating headquarters determined that because the objects were observed below the cloud layer and the winds were blowing from the NNW, the sighting was likely caused by balloons. The report notes that the information was received via AF Form 112.
It is the opinion of this hq that this sighting was possibly generated by balloons. Winds would substantiate this theory as they were from the NNW.
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Official Assessment
It is the opinion of this hq that this sighting was possibly generated by balloons. Winds would substantiate this theory as they were from the NNW.
The objects were observed below the 5,000-foot overcast layer. Given the wind direction from the NNW, the headquarters concluded the objects were likely balloons.