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From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 4/17/58, Detroit, MI. 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."
.Office Memorandum • uNITED sTATEs aovERNMENT TO SA C, ":>ETROIT DATE : April 17 , 19~8 FROM SA RC>B.J::RT "'10S 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 day , 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 light! . He ~aid this o b ject wa! pas~ing in a northern direction from southwest and cros s e d t he City three block~ s outh of Six Mi l e at Lamphere Street . 1ri/EAVER a dvised that he att err1p ted to call Selfridg e Fie l d to p,et in touch with the Air ~orce but hi ~ at t empts were un proiuct i ve . He t he n called the off ice t o f urn t s h t he a bo ve information . ~EAVER sat i he wa~ ?3 years of a g e , wa~ t he ~on of a Detr 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 ,)etroit when he ohcerve d i netant object . Adv l se p roper air forc e ,iauthorities . RRR/ mac (1 ) ) IERIAUZfD.... ....1 II.ID... ....... .. APRl 71958 FBI • DETROIT NW 90288 Docld:34715588 Page 1
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