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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 27 Jul 49  |
| --- | --- |
|  3. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | N/A  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | N/A  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☑ Yes ☐ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☑ Yes ☐ No IN FILE  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | Other (FLARE)  |
| --- | --- |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | An object fell on the ground and burnt a hole. The object glowed without a flame for about three minutes. Residue was analyzed and it was determined to have been from a flare. See: specimen 7-3745-…

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
5D-OSI/JE1/VZ
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF
5TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO
EPLY REFER TO: 5D 24-21-M
14 September 1949
SUBJECT: PROJECT GRUDGE - INCIDENT, LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN AND HOMER, MICHIGAN SPECIAL INQUIRY
TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXS

1. Reference is made to letter, this office, subject and file as above, dated 13 June 1949.

2. Enclosed for your information and necessar…

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|  OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS |  |   |
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7 July

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

|  ACTION | ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO | FILE STAMP  |
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|  21 | 21-711 | UNITED STATES AIR FORCE  |
|  21 |  | THE INSPECTOR GENERAL  |
|  13 SEP 1949 |  | OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS  |…

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AIR FORCE

AT VANORESCO, NORWAY

1.  [Redacted text]  [Redacted text]

On 20 April 1949 at 1400 - 1500 hours, [Redacted text] were at the City Base, Lidington, Michigan. Located approximately 1 blocks north and 7 blocks east of the [Redacted text] line. They looked at the same rate of speed as a jet fighter. They looked ahead of this smoke streamer and saw an object approximately 10" in diameter which seemed to be the cause of this smoke. This object was found and appeared to give off a reflection in the sun. The streamer of smoke was described as being a long tail approximately …

CONFIDENTIAL
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PS COL 4 (CENTER)
JACKSON CITIZEN PATRIOT, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

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Citizen Patriot Photograph

MYSTERY SOLVED—Laboratory tests of a fragment of the
object found burning on the pavement at Vandercook Lake
Monday evening indicate it was a truck flare, commonly used as a
warning signal. Mrs. Leroy Drinkwine, 589 McDevitt, holding
the fragment, points to the burned pavement where it was found.

## Laboratory Tested
## Flaming Object
## At Vandercook
## Warning Flare

"That was no meteor—that
was a fuse!"

The mysterious flaming object which burned a hole in
the pavement…

Case contains 1, 8"x10" photo.

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