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65 HS1-101634279 100-DE-18221 Serial 844

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 1958-04-17 · 1 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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 .
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APRl 71958
FBI • DETROIT
NW 90288
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