Project 10073 Record Card — Beulah, Michigan, 22 October 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting in Beulah, Michigan, on October 22, 1956. The primary witness, Robert Sutton, the Civil Defense Director of Benzie County, reported observing an oval or egg-shaped object with a pointed nose, estimated to be 1,000 feet long. The object was described as aluminum in color with a row of blue lights along the bottom. Sutton reported that the object emitted a hissing sound and was observed for two to five minutes at an estimated altitude of 16,000 to 18,000 feet. The object reportedly disappeared into the east-northeast at a very high speed after moving vertically out of sight. The sighting was observed through a 30-power scope. The report notes that the sighting was confirmed by at least four other individuals in the Benzie County area. The official military evaluation, conducted by 1/Lt Richard H. Ericson, concluded that there was no probable cause for the sighting at the time. The record card suggests that the phenomenon may have been caused by light reflections, but because no follow-up report was received, the case was officially categorized as having insufficient data for a definitive evaluation. The document includes several photographs of the object, which appear to have been annotated by investigators with handwritten notes questioning if the object might be a 'ceiling on slender rod' or a 'light source'.