ev-intel-9308c5e74d53

OPNS 0036 — 1955-08-02 — Holly area, Michigan (Detroit vicinity; 561st ACWRON Selfrid

1955-08-02· Holly area, Michigan (Detroit vicinity; 561st ACWRON Selfridge AFB Michigan)Resolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
8.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

At 0330 EST on 2 August 1955 a 28-year-old aircraft worker from Holly, Michigan observed a single round basketball-sized object that changed colors among red, white, and yellow, exhibiting up-and-down movement and disappearing and reappearing. The object remained in sight at azimuth 68/180 under clear weather. The senior director (1st Lt USAF) commented it could be a starlight through temperature inversion or possibly lighted weather balloons, noting the position of the planet Mars combined with temperature inversion.

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Witnesses (1)

Source documents (1)

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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)