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UFO case file · UFO-29517

Alpena unidentified aerial event — November 1957

CE1United States1957-11-01

Alpena, Michigan, United States

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Case description

Object flew at an altitude much lower than a low flying aircraft. It appears to be a typed document from the Project Blue Book, which was a United States Air Force program to investigate unidentified flying objects (UFOs). OBJECT FLEW A STRAIGHT UNALTERED COURSE 8. NONE (A) NONE (B) N/A (C) NONE VISIBLE, 1995 FLIGHT PLANE FOR AREA FOR 12 NOV 57 (D) UNIDENTIFED FLYING OBJECT WAS REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE BY PHONE PD (GI-165), ALPENA, MICHIGAN (FORMERLY 577TH ACW) QUESTIONED THE INDIVIDUAL AS WE DIRECTED AND IMMEDIATELY RELAYED HIS ANSWERS TO US PD FROM DESCRIPTION POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION WOULD BE A F-102 AIRCRAFT AT SUCH AS ANGLE THAT THE WINGS AND STABILIZERS WERE NOT VISIBLE BUT THE POINTED NOSE, CIGAT SHAPE AND FLAT TAIL WERE SEEN PD THERE WERE NO F-102 AIRCRAFT FROM WURTSMITH AFB IN THE AREA AT THAT TIME PD F-102 AIRCRAFT FROM KINROSS AFB POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF SIGHTING PD AD 30977929 AND LT, 445TH FIS,

Recorded details

Local time
2000
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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