AISS-UFOB-271-55 — 1955-08-08 — Near Saginaw, Michigan (GP 0011 NW Saginaw)
Narrative
On 8 August 1955 at 0445Z, observers at the 661st ACWRON Selfridge AFB Michigan sighted a rectangular, baseball-sized white object near Saginaw. Object was observed by ground-visual and binoculars between 25,000-30,000 ft, initially stationary then moved slightly north at 0530Z before completely disappearing from eyesight and binoculars over 1 hour 12 minutes. Weather was clear with temperature 70F, heavy dew. Assistant Operations Officer checked the possibility of a weather balloon with negative results. Conclusion was possibly balloon.
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Witnesses (1)
- [anonymous] military officerrole_pattern
Source documents (1)
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- 23857158-005-041NARAvalue 1.2[direct]
Score evidence (6)
Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.
s
- weather balloon (-2.0)
- outcome=resolved_prosaic (cap S<=3)
- post-blend cap S<=3 (resolved_prosaic)
p
- docs=1 (+0.5)
- single agency (+0.5)
evid
- narrative only (base 1)