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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 17 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION Sault St. Marie, Michigan |   | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☑ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1600 EST GMT 17/2100 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |   |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE [Redacted] |   | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 60 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ …

AF FORM 112 - PART I
(UNCLASSIFIED)
(CLASSIFICATION)
(EC: 01402)
(AF 444219)
(PUB 1200)

|  COUNTRY | United States  |
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|  PREPARED BY | AFZOI 1-52 U/I A/C  |
|  ADDRESS | AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT  |
|  SUBJECT | Reporting of Information on Unidentified Flying Objects  |
|  AREA REPORTED ON | Michigan  |
|  FROM (Agency) | Director of Intelligence, Hqs Tenth AF  |
|  DATE OF INFORMATION | 17 April 1952  |
|  EXAMINED BY (Agency) | 1st Lt James E. Delaney  |
|  SIGNATURE | Sault Ste Marie, Michigan  |
|  REFERENCES (Control number, director, previous report, etc., as app…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency)
Director of Intelligence
Hqs Tenth Air Force
REPORT NO.
AFI01 1-52 U/I A/C
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1. On 17 April 1952, the [redacted] of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, was driving east on Michigan State Highway Number 28. [redacted] states that at approximately 1600 hours on that date and at a point approximately eight (8) miles south of Sault Ste Marie, he observed for about sixty (60) seconds, a round, pink, stationary object at an altitude of five thousand (5000) feet to eight th…

EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 7

DATE: 17 Apr 52
TIME (Local): 1600 EST
LOCATION: Sault St Marie, Michigan
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Not Reported
SOUND: Unknown
SPEED: Unknown
ALTITUDE: 5000-8,000'
HEADING: Unknown
SOURCE: Civilian
ACTION OR COMMENTS: Balloon released at 1600. Source observed the object at the same bearing.
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Round, pink, stationary object at 5000-8000' altitude and appearing equal in size to B-29.

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