Michigan Wisconsin — September 1951

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Keywords: varied, lakes, olltoup, gamiitvatiom, ewitf, pteltowy, hotgs, iistit, ooiiiulltiiise, tnaufflclettt, intenoittant, baipa, believeti, xlenomena, stativn, conditianj, lltgel, rjrso, ijuipnent, hladng, objcxts, peuiw, ducti, eoluotlo, blllll
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ \ 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATtOM 18 September 1951 Michigan -\iisconsin o p,.a..~ae, Bell .. .. 1-,_ DATI-TIMI OlltOUP ._ TYPI Of' GaMIItVATIOM 0 Wee Ahcroft Locel----------D Gt-""4-VIau.l &Cit-eWitf .. Red 0 PteltoWy Alrcrelt 'HOTgS 0 PreltoW y AatroMMicol Yoa J.Iilitary Radar 0 PeuiW, AatroneMicol :=;;;-;~B~No;.;;;;~i;;i----l~Nii~!iC~iiJ!iCCT:iisTit;:cc:Ooiiiulltiiise~---~ J. Othor Ducti 'lt 7. LINOTH 0 .. OIII.VAriOU I. NUMIIIIt 0' OIJI ' 0 tnaufflclettt o ... for Eoluotlo" three ho-.u-s 1-hltiple target Varied to. Blllll' SUMMAIItY 0 .. SIOHTINO 1 I. COMMINTI Intenoittant radar baipa similar to large a/c onJ.T somewhat larger. Oblong in shape. Appeared as new plot on severaJ. occasiona. Observe<! from Ducting due to heavy groWld fog believeti a possibility. Same }Xlenomena has in locations to north or reporting stativn. s }eeds varied with ~x at 6,000 m}il. Altitude not estimated because or great speed. Heav,y e:; ... -r occured in less violent form in area previouslY under like weather conditianJ. !or in area progressing to East ani North. High moisture content. 2 F-86 a/c scrambled with negative res,.ll.ts. Adjacent radar stations ..... OUJ tered similar plots. II :LLtGEl t( . I LVAI IH':) I I rr , crlt)t. CTI '1G I I. N \ i k , fll I f l4fl.f I f.i.r ro:rce B?.r: , Color.-,do l rig~1t,....p.-.. t rJrso:t AI B Dc..J--Lo: ( 'l) bri \f c~.script;.on v: t objec'". Racl.nr b:I ~p ned e~t te. at ::~ L ::l.ect:-onic \;;iJuipnent u~ed i ... t.u~, .at ?-: -e~tL~at~d becaus {E.l."lOl.' :.c~; vi :y Auro.t ottc +n r~n c :..' t'l! Jet T :.-.tsi.on. DATE: 1 8 Sed LOCA'crO~: Great Lakes Region Air Defense Comnm d I.:<NGTil OF Til!E OBSERVID: Appiox. 1 Hr. SOth~D: II one SPEE:U: Higl:l ALTITUDE: Unknown HlADnG : Varied SOURCE: .:JJC Radar ACTION OR CO!!l-~ITS: Believed to b e due to weather phenonena DESCRIP'l'IOU OF DIC[DENT: Great Lakes Ree;ion ir Defense Con.111L.lld radar station s tra cked fast rnovi.n?:; objcxts a c10 ss :3.ch ig.:m ani ~li:;c