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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 20 - 23 May 64 | 2. LOCATION Hartford, Indiana | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local night GMT | 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 VENUS ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE stationary  |
|  10. BRIEF SUM…

Preliminary Investigation of UFO Reports, May 17 - 20, 1964.
William T. Powers, Systems Engineer, Dearborn Observatory

On Friday night, May 22-23, I made a brief telephone survey in response to a request by J. A. Hynek, Director of Dearborn Observatory, following his appraisal of a UPI report of sightings in Lansing, Michigan.

My first call was to UPI in Chicago; a report of a UFO sighting had come in, but from Marion, Indiana. A subsequent call to UPI in Lansing established that reports were coming independently from both locations.

I contacted the Police Department in Marion, and was info…

The first Lansing call was to the Lansing Police Department, where I spoke with Sgt. R. Snyder. A series of calls had been received from residents of Southern Lansing for several days, starting at 3 AM on Wednesday morning, May 20. A list of names was obtained from the log of Wednesday, all from people who complained of a "wierd noise." This noise was described approximately as a "whirring" noise, starting low and going high, then stopping. In a subsequent call to the Ingham County Sheriff's office, I was informed that at 3AM Wednesday morning a police car had made an emergency run down Miller…

A.M. 05:10 - 05:15
May 15
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the sighting took place at "12:10 to 12:15". Both men have agreed to cooperate in any detailed investigation.

One of the calls associated with the night of the emergency run previously mentioned was from a farmer in Grand Ledge, who called the Indiana State Police department with a report that he had seen a flying saucer land and take off again. A police car 5 miles from the scene was dispatched, but before it arrived the farmer, whose name was not obtained, said that the object was gone; the investigation patrol reported sighting nothing unusual, so the sightin…

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, a street which appears on the list of complainants (not in chronological order) from Wednesday night, and which should be checked as possibly involving a different report from the "noise" reports.

Saturday afternoon the final call before making this report was received from Sgt Casto (not "castro") of the Michigan State Police, in response to my request for an additional information that might arise. He reported that a Mrs. Lansing, had just reported that she heard on the night of the 20th a very strange "whirring" sound from her back yard, at 9:00 or 9:15 PM. She saw nothing, but foun…

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TIPTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, TIPTON, INDIANA
TIPTON COUNTY (SHERIFF'S) POLICE Sightings Sunday through Tuesday, May 17-19.
INDIANA STATE POLICE

LANSING, MICHIGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT: 517 - IV 5-7165
Sgt. Reif Snyder, desk. Gave following names: more available.

3 son Thursday
☑ , Lansing
☑ , Lansing
☑ (This one far from emergency run
☑ Mrs. , Lansing
☑ Mrs. , Lansing
☑ Mrs. , Lansing
☑ Mrs. ( ) 517
☑ Lansing
☑ Mrs. Lansing
☑ Lansing (Emergency run was down 4

MASON, MICHIGAN: INGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S POLICE (originators of emergency run)
517 - OR 7-9661
Lansing: MICHIGAN STATE POLICE: 517 - ED…

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PRELIMINARY WEATHER REPORT: temperatures in area on Wed, May 20, and Thursday May 2 (night) in mid-thirties - high probability of inversion layer. UPI reporter (LANSING) volunteered that he received 14 television channels Wed. and night.