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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  13 Jun 64 | Grand Lodge, Michigan | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GNT 14/03152 | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rodar ☐ Atx-Visual ☐ Atx-Intercept Rodar |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical Reflection from light on fog  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS on…

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FTD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15 July 1964

Misses
and
Grand Ledge, Michigan

Dear and

I must apologize for not writing sooner. I have been so busy that I have not even had a chance to write up my trip report to Lansing and the surrounding area.

Your sighting was so intriguing that I must surely owe you some explanation as to what conclusion has been reached.

Following our discussion of the sighting with you I obtained the weather data from the airport at Capitol City for the night of your sighting. I had hoped that the weather would not change but as you know we…

appearance of coming toward you when in reality it was stationary. When you stopped the car the motion which you had attributed to the light also stopped. The light now had a constant brightness since your car was no longer moving. Again, the shortening of the distance of your car to the fog bank and the increased strength of the car lights shining into the fog both add to the impression that the light was approaching when in reality it was stationary. Also, the dimming of the lights occurred within seconds of its disappearance and the total duration of the sighting was only 15 seconds. The di…

a. The apparent approaching of the light being attributed to the motion of your car.
b. The approach of the light stopping when the car was stopped.
c. The dimming of the light occurring just prior to its disappearance.

We can find no reason to think that this was not the case.

During our brief visit to Lansing we interviewed more than twenty witnesses to various sightings. Both Bill and I were quite impressed by the accuracy with which you and Bonnie reported the details of the sighting. Many witnesses have little or no concept of time, distance, direction and even a general description of …

TAB

A FTD FORM 164
B POLICE REPORT
C EXTRACT FROM SGT MOODY'S TRIP REPORT
D EXTRACT FROM BILL POWERS REPORT
E LOCAL WEATHER DATA

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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.

|  1. When did you see the o…

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One):
a. None
b. A few
c. Many
d. Don't remember

8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Bright moonlight
b. Dull moonlight
c. No moonlight – pitch dark
d. Don't remember

9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

CLOUDS (Circle One):
a. Clear sky
b. Hazy
c. Scattered clouds
d. Thick or heavy clouds

WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Dry
b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Snow
e. Don't remember

10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
a. Solid
b. Transparen…