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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 Jul 60 | Lake Nottava, Michigan | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2020 GMT 02/0120Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 1/2 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS two | 9. COURSE not given  |
|  10. BR…

JAMES C. YOUNG
716 WEST CAMBOURNE AVENUE
FERNDALE 20, MICHIGAN

Aug. 6, 1900

Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Division of Unidentified Flying Object Study
Ohio

Gentlemen,

I understand that persons observing unexplained or unidentified flying objects are encouraged to send in statements of their observation, trying to maintain an unbiased and scientific attitude.

I am sorry that the time between the sighting described on the enclosed sheet occurred a month before I finally got around to sending in the report, but I was away on vacation and did not have convenient access to a typewriter. Howe…

AFCIN-422x

Request for Investigation of UFO Sighting

Selfridge AFS, Michigan

1. Request your organization conduct an investigation of an UFO sighting at Lake Nottawa, which is located southeast of Marshall, Michigan.

2. Attached is a copy of a letter from the witness, Mr [redacted], containing all the available information concerning the sighting. All witnesses to the sighting should be contacted, and their impressions of the sighting sent to this Center. All organizations, both military and civilian, who might be able to help identify the objects should be contacted; i.e., radar stations,…

We, the undersigned, wish to attest to the veracity of the following account of the sighting of two unidentified flying objects at 20 P.M. on July 1, 1960.

My wife and I were walking with our two young grandchildren in a southerly direction toward the cottage where we had been staying at Lame Nottowa, some ten miles southeast of Marshall, Michigan, when our three year old grandson called our attention to the objects by his question as to what the bright lights in the sky were. We all saw two bright round objects travelling silently in a generally southeast direction, at an angle of some 45 de…

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|  COUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING | United States | REPORT NO. | 60-1  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT  |   |   |   |
|  COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERN | Northeast United States | DATE OF INFORMATION | 1 July 1960  |
|  ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT | 1st Fighter Wing (ALef) Selfridge AFB, Mich | DATE OF COLLECTION | 17 Aug 1960  |
|  PREPARING INDIVIDUAL | 1st Lt Larry A. Nitz, USAF | DATE OF REPORT | 21 Sep 1960  |
|  NAME OR DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE | and | EVALUATION | SRI NO. CANCELED/CONFLETE SRI NO. CANCELED/INCOMPLETE SRI NO. ACT…

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1st Fighter Wing (ADF) Selfridge AFB, Mich | 60-1 |   |

1. Description of the Objects:
a. Oval shape.
b. One half the diameter of a dime held at arm's length.
c. Color-pearly hue or blue-gray.
d. Two objects observed.
e. The objects maintained the same relative spacing, but were not close enough to each other to call in formation.
f. A ring of lights around the center.
g. No tail, trail, smoke, or exhaust.
h. No sound.
i. Appearance described as bri…

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
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|  1st Fighter Wing (ADef) Selfridge AFB, Mich | 60-1 |   |

10. Detroit Air Defense Sector located near the sighting had nothing on their records indicating that these objects were picked up on radar. The FAA could offer no assistance since they keep their records only 30 days, then destroy them.
11. Preparing officer is a helicopter pilot in Base Operations. No additional evidence nor additional witnesses could be located to either confirm or refute…