PROJECT 10073 RECORD I ''. LOCATION 1. DA T~ Tl G~OUP l. SOUaCE 10. CONCLUSION Other {FLARE) 11. &aiEF SU~.\ARY AND ANALYSIS An object f'ell on the ground and burnt a hole. Tho object . S. L.:io\V.IH ur o;;s~aVATION :-, ------------lglowed wit."lout a 11.arr.e for about thrat minutes. Residue i 6. TYP~ OF OoSEi\VATION I waa ~zed and it was determined to have been from a .flare. G:-ol:.r.d-visu~ 9. PHYSICAL .:VIv.:. 'CE .t.lttfCLA c:s t r:-1 ~, DEPARTMCNT OF THE AIR FORCE .._. A ; .. ) HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR fORCE WASHINGTON 5D-QSI/JE:~/VZ THt: INSP[C T O A O[N( R 4 1. U~"' STH DISTRIC T QfriCt: 0~ f>P(CIAI. INYL .. TIC A TION!. WIIIIOHT PATTt:ASON AIR f OACC O AIIO( O AYTON OUoU CPI.Y nC,.CIII TOo 5D 24-2.1- .14 Soptanber ..L~L.9 SUBJECTs PROJZCT GRUI>qE-INCIDENT, LUDING'IUN, MICHIGAN AID HOliER, MICHIGAN SPECIAL INQUmY Commanding General Air },tateriel. canmarrl WriGht-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Onio A'l'TN I JJCIAXS 1. Reference is made to letter, tnis off1ce, subject and rile as above, dated l.j June l.~9. 2. Enclosed t'or your information and necessary action 1s report or imestigation of Special Agent, JACX L. HECXEil.:AN I District Office #25 dated 9 September 1.949. 3 With the submission or tnis report al.l. l.ogical leads bave been developed and tne files of this office are being closed in instant investigation. R/I dtd 9 Sep 49 (in cilp) J OME l!. BRAUN ~-cting District commander o.s ocr ISM a s a s a a us UNITCO STATCS AIR FORCE THE INSPCCTOR GENERAL OFFICC OF SrECII\L INVESTIGATIONS R1'0~T MAO( IY. r:::?O:tT 0~ INVESTIGATION AEI'OIU MAD( AT f'(RIOO ~'I OFfiCE Of ORIGIH UNtiED Slf,TES AIR FOHCE ltiE IN~PlCfOR GLNEH/l Off!CL ~i ~?i:CI.l li'NtSTIGATIO::s Jiri v&.,i.:lti \wJ I I t 0 UNCLASSIFIED l"O:.i.d 5 i.l f.t~'1t 27 c.iuly 1S'L9 hol~ :l.l1 the :'oJ.l in t.ha UNCLASSIFIE NCLASSlFJa... GSI~lli~t- . ,.,l,. VIol4 burrd.n~ z\1-ticln r mlcr.ASSIFIED JACKSON ClTIZBN PATRIOT, JACKSON. MICRTGAN . -('1tl1rn l'nlrl ill l'hfl l fHtrtl'h ~lYSTER\' SOI~\'1-;D-Lahorator)' '""'' o f :1 fru tm'"nl of th~' ob)ed f ound hurninlt on tht> pa\'f'lt\'llt at \'uncltn ook Lakt> ~ton da~ ,.,.-ning indicate \l "a<~ a t nar k ftatrf', <oaomont~ 11 f'd u< a arnin,; IIJ'nal. Mr'-vrnl' Orlnl" \nt', :>09 ~h:Of'\ltl. h oldinr; Use fra&"nunt, points to the burnf'd p:l\'f'l\lt'nl "hf'rt' \ l ":all foun(L !~boratory Teste,\ FlamiTtg Object At Vandercook Warning Flare "That was n o meteor-that was a fusee!" The myst<!rious flamlnp: ob ject whiCh burned " hole In the pftvement Monday nlt:hl i n front o f the house o f Mrs. LeroY Drinkwine. 509 Mc- oev\1 t. Vandercook LAke, prob&blY was an emer~:encY nare. That is the report o f the C IRrk Equipment Co. laboratory which anal)z.ed a aample of the object. The alkin\tY of the rl\ilroad fusre "nd \ hf' samplt are tden tkal . 1 h e labOratory rt"port .. Proh:\bh this ohJl'C\ """ a 'rU(' k riM>. u!'ed b~ h ls:h\\ RY t'U<'kS for the sRmt pur(l(l"e u An cmf'r~rnc) sas::nRl on tht The obJet' \ , "hh h ~mf"llf'c\ faintly of pho, rhor0\1'-. "ns