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65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-18221_Serial_844

Type
Document, 1 pages
Agency
FBI
Date
4/17/58
Place
Detroit, MI
Released
Release 1, May 8, 2026

The government's description

An FBI memo from 1958 reporting a UFO sighting by a Detroit man who described a "circular object with a crystal-type dome," and recommending that the information be forwarded to "proper air force authorities."

Full text

Text taken from the war.gov PDF. Blacked-out parts of the original stay blank, and pages with no readable words, like photos, are left out. Check anything important against the original.

Page 1

.Office Memorandum • uNITED sTATEs aovERNMENT
TO
SA C, ":>ETROIT
FROM
SA RC>B.J::RT "'10S
DATE :
April 17 , 19~8
R~YNOLDS
SUBJECT :
~...-__.,__....,.~ 1 ~801 -~co~ta , Detroit , Michi g an, r ele p hone
No .
- 7546, telephonically a dvise ri t h i~ off ice at h : 08 . . ,..,. .,
to d ay , that e ba a jugt s e en an ob j e ct in the ~ky 1 escri hed a~ a
circular ob j e ct with a crystal- type 0ome t hat reflect e d lig ht! .
He ~aid this o b ject wa! pas~ing in a northern d irection from
southwest and cros s e d t he City three block~ s outh of Six Mi l e
at Lamphere Street .
ri/EAVER a dvised that he att err1p ted to call Selfridg e Fie l d
to p,et in touch with the Air ~orce b ut hi ~ at t empts were un­
p roiuct i ve . He t he n called the off ice t o f urn t s h t he a bo ve
information .
1
~EAVER sat i he wa~ ?3 years of a g e , wa~ t he ~on of a De tr o i t
policeman , and that he had previous exp erience wtth t he Civil , ir
Patro l ( CAP) ; however , he wa~ not too familiar with the l denti­
fication o f aircraft .
1EAV~R s t ated he was on hi~ way home from
his employment in ,)e troit when he ohcerve d i netant object .
Adv l se p roper air fo rc e ,i authorities .
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APRl 71958
FBI • DETROIT
NW 90288
Docld:34715588 Page 1
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