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UFO case file · UFO-30157

4Mi NOf Glonnie unidentified aerial event — July 1958

CE1United States1958-07-01

4Mi NOf Glonnie, Michigan, United States

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Case description

On or during July 1958, at or near 4Mi NOf Glonnie, Michigan, United States, the source reports the following sequence: 2ND LT JOHN B MCKINNON 445TH FINECIPTRON INTELLIGENCE OFFICER PD OBSERVERS COMMENT SOUNDED AS IS SOMETHING HOT HIT THE WATER AND THE COOLING CAUSED THE SIZZLING PD WEATHER BALLONS FROM GREENBAY WISCONSIN AND MILWAKEE WISCONSIN HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN THIS AREA AND COULD IF STILL CONTAINING AIR MAKE SUCH MOVEMENTS IN THE WATER PD A SMALL HOT METEORITE MIGHT ALSO CAUSE A DISTURBANCE PD THE DEPTH OF THE WATER PREVENTED A RECOVERY OF THE OBJECT SIGHTED PD L. INFO: COMMANDER, 1006TH AISS/ ENT AFB. & COLORADO SPRINGS COLO. /UNCLASSIFIED/ FROM: AFCIN-4E4 RE ALGIED OBJ SEEN BENEATH SURFACE OF WATER, SIZZLING AND LEAVING FOAM IN WAKE THREE FEET HIGH OBSERVED BY THREE WIDELY SEPARATED OBSERVERS. NOWHERE IN THE RPT IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT THE OBJ WAS ACTUALLY SEEN IN THE AIR OR APPROACHING FR THE AIR BEFORE IT HIT THE WATER: RPT BEGINS WITH STM: OBJ WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN THE WATER. It OBJ OBSERVED EVEN FOR BRIEF INSTANT ITS GENERAL SIZE, SHAPE, APPEARANCE AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS MuST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. HIGHLY IM- PROBABLE THAT THE THREE OBSERVERS IN THE AREA WOULD ALL HAVE HAD THEIR BACKS TURNED TO THE OBJECT AS IT DESCENDED FROM THE SKY. IF OBJ DID NOT COME OUT OF THE AIR AND ONLY AN UNDERWATER COMMOTION WAS OBSERVED, SUCH AS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY AN UNDERGROUND FISSURE, PRESSURE OR OTHER CAUSE THEN OBJECT ⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛ UFO AND THERE- FORE NOT SUBJ OF A RPT UNDER AFR 200-2. Use indicsed reports for separate subjects) Untidentified Flying Object SUMMARY (Give summary which highlights the salient factors of narrative report. Description of reported object cannot be given because it was below the surface of the water at all times. The observer neither heard nor saw any aircraft activity in the area within a two hour period of the sighting.

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Reported object in 4Mi NOf Glonnie unidentified aerial event — July 1958
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