Selfridgeafb Michigan — April 1952

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PROJECT 10073 Rf:CORO CARD ' Se lfr ldgc AFD, '11. COHCLUSii.lUS t-achie;an u 1 oi. TYPE OF u9~ERVATIOU Wu~ B ollo ofl Probo!..ly Uull"on P o \ :01 Ll y llnllr,?n ~ Ground Vt suol 0 Ground-Rodo r 0 Air-lntNc~rt Rodor 7. L n;CTH 0!'" OllSERVI.TION j 8. NUI.'i\(R OF OOJCCTS I 9. COURSE 3-4 occ onds 1 n Wo s .horc.r oft 0 I' ro hot. I y ""c r oft D P o)!.lbly Airuoft 0 Wo~ Atronornico l ex Probobl y A~tronomicrC-~t:Tl';OH 0 Possibly A~IIOI"'oiT'ic.ol lnJtuHic:irnt Dolo for Evoluotion Unlc r~own to. OR I E F ~UMMARY OF SI GHTING 11. COMMENTS Kel l y green c ol or. Ball obape ATIC FO~M 329 (REV 2 6 SI::P 52) f 'do1f' I I'' 1. Stat.eii:ent t..~pt EozinJc (in dll!1) ( irl cii.i:l) lli'JCLPLSSJFJFD AF FOnt#. .. PART I f U\J .. TAY llfi'ORT ttO. AIR INTELLIGENCE I"'FORMA TION REPORT .AREA l iEPORTEO ON. ftiOM (.1~fli(i) - --------- SUMMARY: (I:ntn M~Clll """""1'1 t{rtptlff. Ciit-t ! irtifiermctflt/fnnl 011Nntltlltt par 11rap,, Ll~ f nd_, .. , at lotc1cr l t ft . lltgi1t tul ~frtporr ""' llf' Fur m 11!-/'oJrt 1/.) I t fJr.JI .. Oflt THt'>llOCUM~T CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFFCTING THE HArtONAL ll~.FEI't'>E C F ntF. UNITFO ':T\TES WITHIN Til:: 'lb\'il N"i Or-T'IE f '>?IONI.\.F Al. T. ~l U 5 C:. Jl AND~!. A<; AMfH0 0 Irs TRANSMISSION OR THE ltEVELATION OF IT!; C\I N fENT!J I N M~'t -.~ t ro M l UN ~IJTHO'lllEil Pt I .O"f l'i PIIOHt'liiLI> OY LAW. IT ~ W NOT t~ RF.PROOUCED 1: WHOLE OR IN PART. DY 0 III'::R Til AN liN I (0 ~"TATEc; AIR f 01CF. ALr NC.It-S. EXCO'T AV l'dl ~ 1'><, (1:-1 Or rt 1!1: ()IIIE'CTOR OF INTEl.Lit.ENC~ USAF. AF FORM 112 PART II APPIItOVEO I JUNI 1141 f rt)M (NfiiCJ) AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT IIPO~ NO. DOI 4708th Defense \'ling On 27 April 1952 at ar,proximately 2000 hour3 the undersigned \'Ia~ \'lalkinB j n an oa.ol:.ttrly direction toward the of.ficer s burrt.~.cko nrea nt s~lfridga Ai r Force D~:;e, when I noticed in the oky at o. /~5 dcer(:e nngla a lar~e flash of e:reen Li..eht -;hich trailed to a point to the north. 'rhe l i,2;ht \ 'laS k elly gree n in color, p0rsi~t.ed for from three to four seconds, nnd then di:;appeared. I heard no noi:;e, s a w no ob~}3ct-tho~h the light appeared to move in a horizontal plane. It \'~tl:; clark anu the lieht lit up the &ky being bright enol13h to throw a raflection in a pool of \'lUter a l ong the road. I cannot detem.ine ahape, size, nltit.ude or speed. i\10 other officars \1al.king toward Jre stated, Upon my inquiry tln.t they J:.naw of a light behi.nd ther-1, but thoui;ht the lisht:. \ 'la:l from a b~acon overhea d aud th9y ac- knowl~dged that. this l'Jas not the lieht that r.ms t have appear~d. I have b~en at Selfridge Air Force Dase for 16 months, have never seen any nl~:ti lnr light:-; or balla of green light. The night 1'1a o cle ar, ot::.rs v;ere clearl y vir;ible, no clouds in the sky. I hu.va seen f ulling otars, but tlrl:o light nov 3d horizontally and not vot~ically ns a falling star. I ,.,ould not have reported this ball of light in view of its fra~. ntary n:J.ture, ''1ere i t not for the fact that four other sighting3 during ths dayti r.:e, \'ler~ reported in ~reas nround S3lfridge Air Force Bace Uichigu.p NOTf THI~ L'OCUMrN r CONHINS INFOR"4ATION AFFECTING TilE ti4TIONAL OfENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF TH~ CSPIO~AGE ACT, !'0 U '1. C.- 31 ANl> l!. A': At,tE.NOm. ITS TnANS~ISSION OR TilE REVELATION OF Irs CON TEN r~ IN A.NY MANNER TO AN UHAUTHO~IZEO Pt.R'iON IS rAOHI!fiTEO B f LAW. r:oT BE llf'PRODUCCO IN WHOLE O:t IH PART, 8'f 01 Hflt THAN UNI rEO SrATES AIR fORCE AGENCIES, F.XCEPT BY PEHMI~ION Or l HE OIIJECTOR OF INHLUGI:.riCE, USAF. ' EXtRACT Fi\J ST A 'l,LIS REPORT /l t_'~ _ UNGTH OF Tl l!E OBSERVl:D: J-h SPEED a t n' , ACTIO~ OR COl!IID!TS: " '1" DESCRIPTiml o: DlClDENT: