Mr and Mrs PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATIO N 12. C ONCLUSIONS Silver Lake,Michigan 1. -LENGTH OPI OIUI!RYATION 10. BRIEPI SUMMARY OP' SIGHTING Long, cylindrical, somewhat~cigar shaped object with fiery red surf ace. When first sighted ,.,as tionary, then accelerated s wiftly in a some- what N - S direction but climbed rapidly upward until no longe r vi sible. 11. COMMENTS 0 Was Astronoml col 0 Prohohly Asronomlcol 0 P ossibly Astronomlcol In sufficient O crto for Ev .. l uoti on The object of this sighting was probably an a/c with s u nlight reflecting fram its NNNNMCZCSQd231ZCG5A587 DE RJEDGSH 4 Fl1 COMDR 752ND RADRON SAG2 EMPIRE: TO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCI N wASH DC RJEDSQ/ATIC tlaiGHT PATTEaSON AF3 RJWFALIADC ENT AFd ~JEDAH/COMD~ 3ZTH ADIV SAGE TRUAX FLD RJ~DGS/COMDR SS~ADS K I SA~YER AFB FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION./UNCLASS EMCAS 095/PASS TV INTELLIG~NCE. UFO RE:PORT. !:-.;FORMATION ORGINALLY PASSED TO THE: EtlPIRE A F STATION dY TRAVERSE CITY NEWSPAPEa, THE RECORD EAGLE, ON TUES 2 7 SEP 5Z. ~ITNESS ~AS INTERVIZ~ED 0~ 23 SEP51. INFOR- ;iATION RECZIVED AS FOLLOiS: DATE OF SIGHTING: MONDAY, 2~ SEP S~ NAME OF WITNESS: MR. AND ~l~S AGE: A?P~OXIMATELY 52 YEARS PAGE THREE RJ2DGSH 4 i1ANEUVERS: NONE. APPEARED TO MOVE ALMOST STRAIGHT UP UNTIL NO LONG- ER VIS IBLE LENGTH OF TH1E VISi a L E : TO MRS WI SNER AdOUT 5 TO 6 11INUTES AND ABOUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES TO HUS3AND TIME: 2245 TO 2300 HOURS, ZULU LIGHT CONDITIONS: DUSK, SHORTLY AFTERSUNSET , VISidiLIT'l GOOu, SKIES LOCATION OF OJSERVER: CENTR OF SILVC:rt LAKE, AdOIJT FIVZ 11ILES sst OF TRAVS CifY, ~ilCH. CEILING: CL1\R VISIBILITY: flORE THAN 1 AND 5 . CLOUD t:OVER: NONE THUNDRSTORf15 IN AREA: NONE AIR TRAFFIC: ADC ECCM MISSION AT LATER HOURS. NA~E: OF PREPARING OFFICER: R . E .SNITH, CAPT. USAF, ADtliNISTRATIVt: C0~1MC:NTS: NONZ CTHER REPORTS: GRAND TRAVE~S COU:JTY ShC:RIFFS OFFICE RE:PORTSD PAGE T~O RJEDGSH 4 , TRAVERSE CITY, MICtiiGAN SHAPE OF UF 0 : LOi~G, CYLI NOR ICA L, SOi1Et1HA T C !GAR SHAPED. UNKNO'JN. ~ITNESS COULD ONLY STATE QUOTE: LOOKED LIKE A LARGE OdJECT. UNQUOTE. COLOR: RIERY RED SURFACE NUMBER: ONE DESCERNAdLE FEATURES: NONE EXAUST, TRAILS, TAIL: NONE. MR R~<TON STATED HZ THOUGHT ni SA~ SO~E SMOKE dUT WIFi DID NOT. SOUND NOi~E DIRZCTION OF TRAVEL: WHZN FIRST SIGHTED ~AS STATIONARY, TH~iJ ACCEL- ERATED S~IFTLY IN A SOi~E~HAT NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION dUT CLIMJED RAPIDLY UP~ARD UNTIL IT WAS NO LONG~R VISidLE. iJOTICED: WAS ROWI NG dOAT NORTH~ARD ON LAKE WHEN HE LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER FOR DIRECTIONS, AND SAW OdJECT IN SKY. WIF E IN 3ACK OF BOAT STATES SHE HAD ALR=:ADY SEEN 03JECT FO:< TI.JO TO THREE >HNUTES dUT DIDNT TtiiNK ENOUGH OF IT TO ~E~ITION TO HU3dAND. ANGLE ~HEN FIRST 03SERVZD: ABOUT 45 DEGREES AtlOVZ HORIZON. ANGLE ~HEN DISAPPEARED: RE~AI NED ALMOST 45 DEGREES A30VE HO~IZON. PAGE FOUR RJEDGSH 4 RECEIVING APPROXH1ATE LY DOZEN REPORTS FROM UNXNO'.~N PERSONS. ~EioJS- PAPER CTHE RECORD EAGLE) OF TRAVERSE CITY, i'1ICH RAN FOLL0 .JldG ART- ICLE: QUOTE. PUBLIC AGENCIES TODAY wERE CHECKING REPORTS aY SCORES OF GRAND TRAVERSE AND LEELANAU COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT A CIGAR SHAPED FLAME COLORED OBJECT FLEW ACROSS THE ~ESTERN SKY I N A GENERAL NORTH SOUTH DIRECTION SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET MONDAY. OFFICIALS WOULD NOT SPECULAOE ON IDENTITY OF THE OBJECT ~HICH SEVERAL WITNESSES SAI D MOVED AT GREAT SPEED ACROSS SKY AFTER AT FIRST APPEARI~IG TO dE 'lOTIOt\LSS. THZ ONLY EXPLANATION FORTHCOMING TODAY, AN UNOFFICIAL ON2, ,JAS THAT AIR DEFENSE COM~IAND PLANES WERE CONDUCTIONG ROUTINE EXERCI SES I N THE LEELANAU COUNTY AREA AT THAT TII1E ON tv:ONDAY AND THE OdJCT i1IGHT HAVE dEEN SUNLIGhT REFLECTED FROM A SILVER COLORED PLANE FUSILAGE. THE OBJECT SI GIITINGS v1ER2 REPORT2D AS OCCURING AdOUT 6 : 4 5 p . M. UNQUOTE. END OF REPORT. 3Z/ 0120Z SP RJEDGSH