Report of Recovery of Unidentified Object — Standish, Michigan, 28 May 1960

On May 28, 1960, a 16-year-old boy plowing a field near Bently, Michigan, observed a flaming object falling from a southwesterly direction at a 75-degree angle. The object landed approximately five feet from his tractor, scorching the ground upon impact. No aircraft were observed in the vicinity. The object was recovered by John Galazin after it had cooled and was subsequently turned over to the 4026th Strategic Wing at Wurtsmith Air Force Base. The object was described as a metallic, blue-black piece measuring approximately 1 1/8 by 1 inch, with a thickness varying between 1/64 and 1/16 of an inch. It exhibited signs of multiple layers or laminations and was heavily oxidized. The item was forwarded to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. Sam Tour & Co., Inc. conducted a metallurgical examination on behalf of New York University. Their analysis determined that the object was composed of soft iron, similar to Armco iron. Spectrographic analysis revealed the presence of iron and manganese, with traces of other elements, and identified a lead-pigmented paint on the surface. The laboratory concluded that the object had been subjected to extreme heat in an oxidizing environment, causing it to scale. The report includes photographs of the object and its microstructure. A handwritten note dated January 26, 1975, indicates that while the photographs remain in the file, the physical specimen itself is missing.