65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-18221_Serial_844

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Agency
FBI
Category
fbi
Type
PDF
Event Date
4/17/58
Released
2026-05-08
Size
661.3 KB
Location
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."

Anomalousness Index: 58/100

Evidentiary weight that this encounter remains unexplained after conventional analysis. Not a probability of extraterrestrial origin.

🤖 AI-ASSISTED SCORING · methodology

sensor quality (eyewitness_only) 30 × 0.25 = 7.5
witness credibility (federal_agent) 90 × 0.2 = 18.0
corroboration (single_witness_instrument) 60 × 0.2 = 12.0
kinematic anomaly (no_kinematic_data) 30 × 0.15 = 4.5
mundane explanation available (weak_mundane_candidate) 70 × 0.1 = 7.0
official disposition (open_after_review) 90 × 0.1 = 9.0

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Source: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-101634279_100-de-18221_serial_844.pdf