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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 Jun 64 | Crystal Lake, Michigan | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 01/0800Z | 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 not stated | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE north  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Girl doing …

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9. Denske sighting. At about 0300, 1 June, 1934, Miss [redacted], age 14, was at a cottage at Crystal Lake, 60 miles northwest of Lansing, with her mother and 10-year old sister. [redacted] was studying history in the cottage living room when she heard a loud roaring sound. She looked out the front window which overlooks the lake to the North, and saw a bright flash of light near an island some 200 yards out. The noise immediately ceased, and, after a moment, [redacted] went back to studying. About ten minutes later, she again heard the sound, this time from the south, apparently. The …

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had spent several years in the Air Force, and knew about project Blue Book.

The morning after the sighting (actually the same day) Mr. [redacted] had pick out on the family Hammond Organ the high note she said the object made. The note picked was D above Middle C, which was the note later used by this investigator during the [redacted] interview (his sighting had been a week before). There was a roaring noise, but the predominant, and painfully loud sound was this one note.

Mr. [redacted] said that he had tried to estimate the size of the object from Lota's description of it and his …

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considerable credence to her report. Further evaluation is delayed to the end of this report.

9. 0300 EST, 1 June 1964. 14-year old girl heard noise, saw bright flash on island in lake near cottage where she was staying. 10 minutes later, heard noise again; loud roar with predominant note at about 600 cps; became painfully loud and front yard brightly illuminated. Disc-shaped objects then appeared from behind and overhead, went north over lake, illuminating first water, then island. Noise and light continued until object went out of sight below treeline. Clearly seen but hard to get de…

EXTRACT FROM SGT MOODY'S TRIP REPORT TO LANSING, MICHIGAN AREA

It was learned that the FAA in Lansing turned over control of flight operations to Detroit center on the night of 22 May between 0200 and 0300 for a classified military operation. Roger Snowberger was the tower operator. Sgt Moody went to interview Mr Snowberger the following afternoon at 1500 when he came on duty.

Local weather data was obtained for 13 June and used in the sighting.

Discussion with the tower operators James Mackey on UFO's and the sightings in the area revealed that many calls are received by the tower operator…

had an L-20 a/c equipped with turbine. The normal flight path of these a/c is such that rendevous is made over Crystal Lake, Michigan. (Reference sighting). These missions and the associated data of these flights are classified. There was a security clearance required for access to the hangar. Upon completion of the interview at 1400 with Mr Carinci, Sgt Moody returned to East Lansing, Michigan at 1600.

At 1800 Sgt Moody proceeded to the Capitol City airport at Lansing and interviewed Roger Snowberger (the operator on duty on the night of 20 May). He indicated that the local turbo props were …

CONCLUSION, LANSING, MICHIGAN

Results of the field investigation in the Lansing, Michigan and surrounding area leads to the conclusion that an aircraft or aircrafts under control of the FAA at Detroit was the most likely cause of the lighted craft, with an accompanying shrill noise, such as an a/c with a turbine used in infra-red photography.

The sightings and associated noise on the night of 21 May, by multiple observers, were attributed to the siren and flasher reflecting from ground fog/haze from a police vehicle known to be in the area.

The sightings of 22 May by [redacted] and [redacte…