I. 0~ TE T IME CilOU; :l. SOU~CE 4. NUM&ER OF O"&JcCTS 5. LENGTH o,c JdS2R'YATION n. TYPE OF CoSERVATION ~ . :oC4TION 10. CONCLUSION 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!NCc p,.9faue .olllOR ol t)th to,. zaey ~ uecl. lCLUSION, LANSTI!G, l,fiCHTG~l Results of the field investigation in the Lansing, Michigan and surrounding area leads to tha concluaion that an aircraft or aircrafts under ~ontrol o f' the F.~ at Detroit was the most likely cause of the lighted craft, -with an ac~ompaning shrill noise, s u ch as an a/c with a turbine used in infra- red p!lOwgraphy. T'.ne s:..3htings and associated noise on t he night of 21 11ay, by multiple observ~rs, -,iere attributed to the siren and f .lasher reflecting f r om ground fogjta=a from a police vehicle known to be in the area. The s:..tltings of 22 May by and and on the night of 23 Hay by are believed to be meteor obse~r.ations. Tbe c~ject observed on 25 May b satellite ECHO I. is believed to have been the Tha si3hting of' 26 Nay 'by is regarded as an unreliable report as i~icated in the police logs Th~ sighting of ~1r 27 May r.esembles a reported observation of the plane-: Venus. The si;;hting on 1 Jun e.t Crystal Lake, Hichigan by is bel:te1~ to ha"''fe been cs.ased by an a/c on a night infra-red photo mission. e ooservation have been caused by an on 5 Jun near Lansing, Michigan is believed to Tne sighting on 13 Jun at Grand Ledge, Michigan by and is regarded as the reflection of car headlights on fog. 'The report from Mrs included leaves as a physical i.lnen. No object waa observed by Mrs Its believed that Mrs beard the swnd of the a/c obae~red by others in t~is report but that the leaves are not associat~ ~th this event. Subsequent analysis ~evealed that t~e leaves were n~t radioactive. The sound occurred after she had heard a siren going down the street. 'l 'hc nound l usted less than 5 minutes. She had the impression that it d :lsappeared by going up rather than away. The sound gradually f~ded out. Her husband vas asleep and did not hear the noise. \fucn he awoke at. 2030 , she informed him of this event. She s eemed certain that the a ot:.!ld c~'Ue :from up iQ the alr and d escribed it as like a top 1-round up. s:1: also "felt" like someone was watching her. She could feel the S01.L."'li .::.o~e than hear it. Information r egarding the sa.n:rpl e of leo.ves r~vea:~d that at 1715 on the following day as she took out rubbis h to th~ c~nerator she noticed charred leaves in the garage doonvay . A roo~ ~xtenda above this location. An alley permitting only one car p ass-::;; this door. No :foliage surrounding the are a was charred. No ashes o r any indications of a fire or burned area were near the charred leav~s. Trees and ~oliage completely cover the area. It is therefore ass~=e that the charred leave s were dropped or carried to this spot b y vt.nd :"'.:-om a sou.rce not near the garage. I t is possible that the noise h e arC. oy !l.:os is the noise heard by and othe r wi tnes~es , i n tha a~ea during this period. The leaf sample contains n o radioactive or unasual substance. S I G.s?I::G OF STANLEY :BRAU3~ AND OON WEIGAJ.""'DT ?rom residence Sgt Moody proceeded to contact Mr at his reataur&"lt J the , and rejoined Mr lililliam Powers. I~ ~as dete~ined that and his ~fe h a d observed a meteor. The dU!'ation o'f two seco::ds and a description that the object looked like an ai.:-~raft in flames crashing are in accord wit h this analysis. Hr bad also obaer--red the object at the same time.. A check of a ocal ~p and the direction that both reported the object indicates that their line of sight was parallel to the NE, indicating that the meteor was a considerable distance away . ou-c -c c.e sce::1 "CO of records ::;:"CuO rl.3 CC r couJ..i..' C p robabl y Flyin.ifSattcer P.ztizle Grows lt 3lay,B~ Helicopter--or It })lay Not; Fonr in City Report ~Stra11ge Objects'- } , :.. . l!'m~ s ru~hr-Pl'Ow.ling, Lt:dge UFO (Unld~ntltie<l flying! Nourse. who was ,oted lJut- ' fi,m:.: ~a.ut~l".. really a heli .. object) eat'IY this morni~g. standing Eaton County Far.rner '-'optl-'r ? ~Ir .. and Mrs. Robert i'iourse. or the Year by the Grand Led.,e . . . . who live on Cutler Road. north! " I h ... r e was .;ome tmhcut10n to- of Grand Ledge. were awakened Jaycees a couple of rears ago. dar th~t thts.might explain thelar :l a.m. by "roaring Like a ls a id h_e k~e\v he wasn't having 1m~ st~tLOus sa~hts ami '"ounds. fre1.Wt train." hallucmauons. In fact, he was :twm~ ret>tmed by urea resi .. :LJKE A REO llO\\IE" so sure he wasn' t that he called <l.rl'i. Gazin!'( out. they sported a fhHState P~lice to report the UFO. : .'ut th~re was a lar~e a rea of-hapt'fl uhject wnh SIJf\ltHhin-.: Now. 1t happens that the }lich- 1 dut.l)r. rou. undl'rneath that "looked like a1 igan .\ir ::'\a tional Guard at S1rt1e Jt tht! f>l~ces of ther red dome.". I Abrams Airport. Grand Ledge, "~:nu.:ec'' :igsaw don 't fit. . i Twt!nty m inutes later, the ob-had a heUcopter aloft 'fbursday T Pk!-> h~ co~e of thP. Grand .iect was back again. :ni~ht. T he piece of the j igsaw tlu--(~nard's log book. It ::~huws that the copter came clnwn n t U :la p:m . . And it.didn'.t fl y. over. Lans ing. tn Lansing.. thi!re. were at l t,~st four reports of' flying ob- il.,''" One was. at 9:55 p.m. Jo :h P., p[10ned city. police that she: .: hdd set!n a n ol;>ject hovering at ')Spc::<.:t and Clifford Streets. Sh .. s~ud it was "e1-y .bright and ~tlwuc 1.} feet m diameter S ~ W sO.UE'rlUNG , Three other restdents, who "~"~d that the~ names be With-~ . , held, saw something." . ) -; . r. One .woman living on. w. wu.J II I low Street , saw an ~'oblong ob- I je c t ~"' 1 Lh the corners squared ,o U." sbe , told police: at 8:~ p.m. I She said Ute object was. "cov- !L . ered \\ith a cellophane-like ma-r ... , tt.rial" and emitted . a. bright. hl\lls h-white light~ ~.She -said it. was ~oin!f east anf.i.. flyin g h~h . :thd t'ast. She added there were nn .stm-s out at the time. \not}lt!r woman. residing on. v !cr Court. saw a star move" r;1 ; Jh~ect. too. <\'as gointt east. ~: . a1d she had seen satel- !:v,~ c.-ro s the sky, and Uus . -;. 11 utnr.her \Vomao, res1ding o;~ : :nrdon Street. heard a loud i." n:nm~ or buzzin~ sound' at 1 ' l ltanm~ :1 c~ose resem- r,.P .-t t:tat made by a heti t. :. .. ut \\a~ ocevemed irom " ' ~ tn\-' lhtng fiecause of trees t 1 nuisr.s ~cported by res1 ' t ... wund i ike rhose made lw TU~ ~T.-\TE ,JOUitNAL Thu,., May 21, 196~ t..naln-. MtehiMall" 1V cLs it lYJ artians? :f }rltl ~ou11d .ti.nke{l to Sky Ob j.ect F.;y DlCI~ FR.\ZIER l rions sort of slacked off, like a .ll)mnal Staff Writer motor that has been turned oif.! . . and then it revved up for just Tlte clock m .Mrs ... Elizabeth a second and then quit." thi:O:t!.V's living room struck three Spet:!r said he bad seen a shoot-1 3s :;he. was awakened by a . in~ star a iew minutes before,! s r::tn.~e noise Tht:rsctay morn1 bur. th.at \Vas befote he heard ing. . I the norse. Others M!ported hearin~ the! .\lrs. Cole \vas th~ only per~ont sornd on the city's south side I who. ~eport~d seem~ anythang j . connec ted wtth th e norse. du!'ing the ne:afew mmutes. c was too scared to uo to the .'.I rs. If oxey .. of !iO:t) !ill liard wimlow at first," she s~id, "but Sr called Clty po4'-=~ <o teportlafter [ "Ot my dauahter settled sht:: had hea rd a r.otse "hke down [>looked out toward Holt something from out~r space_"~ (to the southeast of her home) .\hl)ut the samt l >me . M.rs. Ed and saw this light-colored shiny, w:1rd Cole, 4623 Hug~es.. Road. silvermetal thing. It looked like anu her daughter. W ana~ 10, a great. huge bowl, sort of spin Wt're awa~ened. by a. not~ she nlng. lt was j ust over th e tops 't::tler clescnbed as a hrgh-puched of the trees and it kept moving i"whirlmg sound.:. . away, not straight away li ke I '(t .vas temble. and Jt laste~ you'd think, but turning in loops j !fur more than f1ve :runutes. as it disappeared." j .;he said:. "!t was a very .l oud, j\:er-y shrill sound; steady for OB.IECT r.LOWED t ;,1! a .vhile :Jnd rhprr tt unitt>rlt-Sht~ snitt the l)hiPct had ; 1 ~1ow l .'A ::.ty.'' but no olht!L' m a rkings or lights. 1 1 'fl1e story, oi course. has to ,Neither her husband or son got O'have a n elephant an~e -an~ up to look at the object, Mrs. nlcicy police. investi.!iating a simtICote said, althot~h her husband ; n tar report of a screecning noise/did hear the screecning noise. d I at 1008 W. Dufl:lap St .-at f~st Capt. Donald R. . Knutson . of ti - ,believed the notse was commg,835 Sandlyn Ave. sa1d the norse from a trumpeting e lephant at/woke him up about 3 a.m. rh~ Lo~an Shopping Center cir-.\n army officer, Knutson is inf on his master's degree :\0 E LEPH :\NT ' in ~cco~nting at Michigan State . Unrverstty. I But one elephant couldn't! " At first I thought it was myl ::1ake all tht noise -and keep/furnace acting up again. Then I i t up steady for five .minutes-realized it sounded like a heli- H~e. police were heanng about copter but it was more com- 1 -hursday from, at least-half a pressed and sounded like a ' ozen re:Jtdents living as far smoother running:cngine. 1 :.iW:tY as Depot Streett.n Holt. . "[ thought it was trucks on . . ~..:ner Soeer. 1008 Dunlap St., Cedar Street then I realized it ;.:io :Je had just. gotten home tasted too tong for them. I did q -~ ud the norse. It was-ex- ''When r looked ut lhe clod\ , .''LY :; a.m., he :;aieL it WHS :l:llt a. m . lr!d the so11ndl r know tt. so11nds lil\e l'mltastPrl for a it>:v minute.-!on.:!er ~ : .. ns. or sornethut~. Spc>enand then quit. It 'lOund koot.;:i:-. q "~!d. 'but it .5ounded just ltke/ [ know bur that is what h PC ~ ht-me music and noises on ppn,~d." he sa id. q : \'1l!~nt Zone.' The rn~hetm County Sht!r iff'sja . \r.d ret s wear the damed D-pa rtm~nt hrt<l several phone, d ~ r.=! landed ov~r ~outh or ray calls this mormn~ askin~ abo1.1t I 01 u e :-.omewhere. The revolu- a mu fflt>d boorn in~ sound. r Todav's chuckle Drh ht.t IU1e you \U' f b Ia !8 fur !~ npJiolu taumt Is & good &ale bpbe!J, ! . ! u 1 h' J_,'dtlay, 1\lay 22, l 06-1 'l'JIE Sl~COND FRON1' PAGE Page S. Section A . . AU tH I ' I c .. II , I -, ... J',ql Don \Vdgana~,.30, a televisio~ n ewscaster in JacksOJi; \,!...... ~ 11 . :. I d . u i i fl~m~--Qbjecl" Iir,t s aw lhe objeot while driving to his East Lansing .. ~I . L .. ll-111.., I. I r ' .tl!..; lt \'! bd Li.ltLIU!l:\lPS . JlOmt! ato'ng College Road. .. . . )