PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD l. DATE 2. LOCATION Lake Leel anau, i\lich 12. CONCLUSIONS -f E nlpiro AFS, Hazel Pa!k, o Vlos Balloo n _2.. M'lrch through 1 i\pr 3. DATETIME GROUP 56 ~'31and, Ledar, Selflidge AF~ Probably Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVA"(IOH 0 Possibly Balloon Loc:al all sig-ht approx_: ~'Cround Vi suol 0 AI,. VI s.J ol 1. LENOTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS v aried: 5 min to l~ l1r one 10. BRicP SUMM~RY OF SICHTINO See AF Form 112 on these sightingso Described as b t;lin g from crescent shao.-~d with a "stem" to a round brilliant objecto A"l'IC FORM 3.'29 (REV 26 SEP 52) 0 Ground-Radar (J Air-Intercept Radar ove r western 11. COMMENTS 0 Wos Aircraft 0 ~robobl~ Aircraft 0 Possibly' Aircraft IJ< Was Astronornicol Venus 0 Probobl y Arotronoml col 0 Possibly A:ttrcnomicol 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation Investigat~d by Flt 3-C, 4602d AISS at the reques t of the D/1, 37th Ail' Division o Due to the fact that these sighting s we1e received by separate messages, they have been carried a s separat~ s i ghtings occu:t.11ng in the s:une areau Investigagiion revealed that Venus caused the sightingso See AF Form 112 on the case for AF f011:rl 112-PART II (CLN . .".Ii'l( ATIOS) /\tR iNTELLIGENCE iNFORt\AA T:Or.~ REPORT 4602d AISS 3C-LlFOB-2-56 Part Tvro i I . smmcE: Occuoation: Student Educa-tion; , 3 years college II. R);LLAJ3I LITY: 11hen intervie't7'3d by thia investigator, Sharif Bob White s.:1id of SOl1RG"E, ta e is the k i nu of n g'l'IY who seas something after someone els3 t.ollG him he has sean it.". In an i.ntorviGW vr.i.th the SOURCE, it ~res no tii.c.ad at he h:J.d o. t~ndency to exaggerate in his accounts of things he h;:.d <lor.9 and his perception a9 t o depth and si~e of objects near and far D.l'ray 1'/afj unreliable . III. SOURCE S DZSCRIPTIOt: OF SI "I \)as in tho Dairy Bar ot Lake I,ealanau playing pool, Y7hGn i n said he conld s ot3 c Flying Su nc ~r. Two of t.hs other guy!J ( ) and I :7t3Di:. .1i th .Tim to hi3 hmne. i7e all ~latched t.h<3 obj ~ct for c.'bout 10 rlinutes and t~'lsn it disappearad. I t di(1n' t. look like un airplana> but it chaneed colors fro:-.1 rsd t o green to white. After :1e ha d been watching for another 10 min,1tes it .ju.J t r,-ent out. Wa used a paD.: of binocular s t o look at, the object and ,Jim 1.1ac9 a drawing of i t . Th3.t s t.ho "?ray j:t looked to me too. " I"Jil: loil'"f:'("ll'l!~lrC)'H'II"'ii'~I-Oil',\,\fiO~l~rr[CTI!Ij"f''':ri.\TirJt~A, fl!f'UI...-,FOI'":IIFlN!lfO::;l'\ of ,,, l, '<la.'.' a <,i.~.~o, .: '"'a AF FORM 112-PART II APPI'!O'IED \JUNE 19.:S AIR INTELltGENCE I~!FORMATIOi'~ REPORT FI:DM ,.lvJ usi'Onl :.o. 3C-tni'Q:S-2-56 PRrt Three l Flt 3-C, 4602d AISS I. SOURCE: Address: Lake Lee lanau, ;,:ichigan Occupation: Student Education: Pres9ntly a c ollege fresbwan. QusJ.ifica:t.ions: Nona II. RELI ILITY: SOURCE ~a u ver7 likab l e adolescent. He s eemed to b e quits sincere in his story of the s ighting and uas auger t o help as much ~s possible. Sheriff "l'lhita s uid that he is level head~ and quit e relia b l 3. III. SOURCE'S DESCHIPTIOl'T OF SIGHTING; 1 "l78.S at the Dair y Bo.r: in L;J.k 9 L!le- . l,I!MU at e. bout, 10:50 ( 0350Z) on i1brch 26 when e arns runn.!.ng i n to r e - port that he had see n a Flying Saucer near his hous9. Net.ur D .. lly ,;q ell ;13nt out to hou s e to take a look. There was a v ery bri5ht light fn th3 nky, like a very bright star. The only difference ms th.at it change d colorn und seem- ed to be moving erractically throuzh the s ky . ,'/e \7G.t.che d i t f or a b o ut five minutes after we got there t r.:rough binoculars (L~) and thon it jus t s e ened to f e.da out. We heard no sound a nd the obje c t \7etS about th9 size of e paa ut arm's lengt h . Jim said it was crescent shaped with a red-ora nge st.em, b ut I ouldn't s e e tha stera." :,n~ .''!I'~<">~.'L''vl:n c..n N11Wt';ltFO:!MA1ION.\F'fTCTIIIC !Hi:' I ;1JI)\\l ULrcN~F:or iHC:U'IITf.liSl.\rL. t, Ttli'.iHL,\1,~ 1!''' C'1 r r . " -; l' t C.U .. .:IOI H.Cio) AF FOR~ 112-PART It 'f i''\OIJ! D I JUN r: ma AIR INTELLIGE~lCE INFORMATION REPORT I. SOURCE: AdJres~: Ln1n LeelanJ.u, .!;ichig'ln Occupa.tlon: Education: High S chool Senior Qualifj c.-J.tj ons: II. R~Liti.B!LI7Y: 7he SOUHCE \79.S quit3 o:{cit11d over the object i'!i3ht be so:net!llng fro:1 o:J.t~r ~p.'l<.:a . Sheriff .11th t h e 80~JRCB. III. SOURC~: S D~3CRIPTIO~l 0? SirrliTII:G: ca~e i n-to the Dairy Bur in u a t about. 10:4 5 P ,, ( 0345Z) _:.~llrch 26 3aying hb hnd .-,oon a .flyi saucor. I we nc rlith him to hi:{ hou:;e ,:hera wa ,;3.t.ca-:-r1 a briGht sta r -lik<?l objt3c t .for about five or ten minutoo. Tha object :::0e:1ed to bo cre::JC)nt- llr.!d '!:ld cnan:ed color fro:n r od t o grJ8n to 77hite. We looked G.t i t throu~h binocul<:.:r!) (1~:) unJ Jim dre;7 a sketch of \tl'li1t it l ocket! like. Th8 objoct '.7fl.3 in th.:> ~7c3t and sco~ed t o j ur1p up and do.'ln rapidly before it just. se~:m~ecJ to fade o.:;;>.y .. a I'll l' IIG\:IICC. uSI:=. AF f'mtM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORJv1ATION REPORT 3C- ffii'OJ3-2-56 Part FiYG I. SOUi1CE: l'(~rs. Address: nural llouta One (Box 1.30), Ced:J.r, .iichignrt Age: 66 yea r s Occupation: Farmer ducn.tion: Grammar School Qualifications: None II. nELIABILITY: rJost of those interviewed, uhen asked about t~a relia- bilit.y of th'3 SfJlJRCE , gave t h9 irn!ress1.on thnt she uus a. hi,t ecceutric e.nd e.'tslly excited. She ~,ra.s very sure of wimt sh& had s ean and re:La::--~\.ed th:rt it t err.ified her. III. SOUl.lCE S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTI NG: "I i'I8S s itti ng in the hnuoe seiling lact saturday evening e;t about 1 0 :30 p;,1 ( 010330Z April 56) whan my t.hre e d ogs started howling a.ncJ carryin~ on out i n th-3 yard. I went to the b!lck door to see what i7as the matter. :fuen I opened the door, all three dogs nea!'ly knocked tne dorm trying t.o gl)t into tht3 hous 9 . Their f aces -;-;sre sno-:1 \7hitl3 a nd all their hair was standing on end. I stepped out into the jrcir d and sa.ir a huge reddish- orange obje c t , bi e a s a bushel basket at 3rm s length, hovering over the trees and I.,ake Leelan.9.u. I rushed back into the hous e and repor t ed i t to the radar base. flhen I got back to the 'i1indo71 it d inO.,:"J:'Sar e d b ehind sone cJ.ou<ls. :ot '"'l'o. ~:n:.l'l>l:lf't': :.l~riO.'o,\rT"Tit;...;TIIf.tiAfiO'I\1 L!' AF / 0:1M 112-PART It \f-PHl1.'E!l I J\JIIf. IJJd AIR INTELLIGENCE JNFORMATJON REPORT rtr i'OH r 110. Pa r c. Six Age: 30 yo:1rs Oc~upation: Philco Tochnica l Rsn::-esentv.tiva Education: Qi.tnlificr.ttion::;: GJ.:tdu3.te Eugin~el" > five yelira uith Phi leo. II. P..LIA.BILITY: SOlillCB is con~iJ3ro .. 1 by a l l concerned ~.s ~n e:z:ceJ.l ent non::cc of i~lforr:w. t ion.. Talks t1i t h -verson nal nt the rud:J.r ~lite Ji3cloa .c.hl )..:.h~t ho i cor.si<lcrs d as ons of t h e bo3t ;,[r. s ve-::y s i ncere i n h .la o- plnioas nnd eaeer to h:~lp es tanch c.s Ot')ssible . I II. SOURCE S P.E3CRIP1'IOli O.F' ,-,I GHTI:'!G: flEe' ora I suy anytt-ting . .rls c , J.a t, 1;13 n:u}:e it clear to you tha t l r.1 ~lPlo~t. certain th-:rt the object I -.r9 so.atl :is a star. ;Ay wife a nd I hnve sc~n this obJect. quite ofton i:1 t bst .fe:1 du.y.=.;, i n fr..ct. on overy clear nig'!1t. We u su.::.lly see it e.t nbout 9 ; 00 to lO: 30 in t h e i evdning while driving from Trr1verse Clty (G.rsq ?.245) b.:.:ck to R::1pire ( :JJl~Q 504 9 ).. J :t.+~ stands out nnd our r..t tantion is aluays a -litruc'Ce d due t o its unu::;ual brillianc~. At t. i mes, ho 3v~r, :i.t seet:ts to IJO out (the light) ard then :::-ea:;pear. I n col or it r a nge.1 from a bright. h l u9-'.'lhito to cranJe. I haven ' t h~.:1rd any :.::ois e nlong vlith the s ighting s . Thi1 ob:!~ct; in nbont the size of a p-~n a t a:-m' s l e:1gt h az;1 is see n ln th9 west. I t . do~sn t seem to move fast en:Ju.gh so thn~ you cc.n -ris,t- aily obsarve i t , but in the c ours e of on 0 rc"lning or u.n honr' s time :rou cn.n tall I t~.it it. hns dropped t o,-n1rd the horizon. The o:2ly rea s o n I evsn meat.loned that I 11nd seen :! t i'/8.3 that I ' d heard so iauch aborct llflying ob j ects bei !lg seen 1l1d here. I feel a lr::1os t cert1.1i n that the ob,iect is u s"t.e.r." rr rJt AF FORM 112-P.\RT II ,l??PO'.':.O I JUliE 19:a (CI.AS I :c .. riO:I) ~1R INTELLIGENCE l1 ~FORMATION REPORT I. SOUIWE: A.:ld.:res~: 30 a.ml 29 years, respectively .. Qt;.clific'l~ions: l!o no R~!,IABILITY: Both saA.neJ sincero in th~ir b9:!_icf 7-h:l.t it . .-~sn air0rl:ift or of the aroo As r~ as could be deteroined, the:r e.ra both s olid citizens rospec t.ed by other r'VJ!'.'\bers of t.ha co::I"1un:!. t.y. III. SOURCE t S D'E3CRIFTION OF SI(lHTING: w;{e "r'Jere dri vine f rom T:.~a r~rse C~i ty to L:l.ke Leel~r.llln, -.;r:1en \7e r.otic.:)d thin br:lght, ruUl~d vbjcct in t.he ~.;es+.. It ti:.3 ree- orange in c olor and scsr:;ed to bl3 tr.otrlng. ~te stopped t:\'3 c:.1r ar::l :ntched it. for c.bout 20 minutes. It seer.:ted t.obe at en an!;lo of .:1bout 30 f!oa "~ :1nd w~:; re~,;aL~ing :lnt o the past :1o<.l :J.N-'lY f rom us. T!:l~:c we.sn' t an:r nound or ot~1er str!lngo feat nres about it. It. ,u;.s <l.bout 1 0 : 25 ( 0 325Z) 'Nh.::n ~;e fir3t !;1.otte~i it. a nd i 1:. di.:;apf.'eared at about l:J: 1.,.5 ( Ol OJ45Z April 1956) e i ther be:"\ind '30::-,a hills or clouds, or t he hori~on." i'-J( INTELLiGENCE 1. WO~MAT!ON REPO~{T t-l I ,; l"t ifo t, Po.Lt, ~i;:;h t OccuJYl.t,lon: F&r~er Edncatiou: High 3chool Qualifications : ?;one II. IGl.~IABILITY: SJtnteE seul.1!3 to be ;;cry slnce.re in hi5 accon.1t. o.L tho siehting,. D\.U'inG t~1F3 intorvie.v, he Gtaten tlnt he :1o.d S9~n this object .f0r a pc'"iod of .ctbou~ 4 r.i~h~s, but h?.d hce~1 r~tic:3nt in r-eportin3 it du9 to a f~::~.r o't' b0i:1g lab~J.ad a ~rac~(pot' III. SOURC;r~t S neSCRIFTIClH OF SIGHT] ~!G: ''On t ho 26ti.1 of i'.:c.rc~1 I ~'ba~:.."7-3d +./d ~=~ ci:rcu.].~r, bric rt:. obj 0(;::. ut "lbout. 3 0 el'J'Tut.ion in the ;;est... Ij~ ,!.:;; abont i~h~ ~i3e of 3 fifty cc:1t p iece at 9.1'i,1 s l~:-1 :;th and :n~ reddish i-:itl-} y~:lcu ol' white ~rlees. It cv:.ngsd c olors .1:11.1e I \id.3 ,vatc:-:inc it. It :1.lno r; :.13.1.aJ to h:J.ve legs or rays ~rojocting from i t. . I could h<3a r a fe.int s ound li):e a h1G3ln:; or t:\ m0tor. I-t, recoded and faded e.way f ron !::o, diDn ~e uir..~r. in tho ;vos:. Ruout 1 1 :00 P~.! (0400Z), abo!t /10 "linutes aftor I had fi::>t. :Ja::m it... I t see;1ed t o disnypeB-r brslow the hori~on. I ~r.1.s ob3orvlng the ob,j Jet :tith P. p-g.ir of 6:::: binoculars. The sky \<JaS clt?ar, si thout c:.ny notic~able c1oud:J. 'f!.1A le~s and colors, a3 t.7t:3ll e.s t!le brightn'3SS of tho obj act, r:.n!'3 the :rn.~sons I noticed it i n the firs-t placo. I did' nt vront to be called n c:::-ackpot, ~o I '.'i'O.:i..ted n coupl e of nights to be t'lure of what. I na;:t.u AIR H~TELLfGEr~CE INFORMATION RE