Wednesday 12 December 2018

UFO News Article:
“Objects Visible Near Pt. Austin –
AF Confirms ‘Radar Returns’
On Night Of UFO Sightings”


8 September 1976
(Huron Daily Tribune, Bad Axe, Michigan)

Sources: U.F.O. Newsclipping Service, Seattle, Washington and AFU.se

The whole article (Page 1):
“Official confirmation of ‘radar returns’ on the scopes at the 754th Radar Squadron in Port Austin, at the same time private citizens and police officers claimed they saw unidentified flying objects (UFOs) southwest of the village, has come from the U.S. Air Force NORAD Combat Operation Center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado.

As many as seven or eight bright glowing objects that changed color, shape, and moved horizontally and vertically at incredible speeds were sighted early Tuesday (7 September 1976) by the manager of a campground located eight miles southwest of Port Austin.

The initial sightings were made in the nearby Oak Beach area and reportedly confirmed by several summer residents of lhat vicinity.

Two Huron Sheriff deputies also reported watching the objects for several minutes at altitudes ranging (based on estimates) from as high as 40,000 feet and as low as 1,000 feet.

One of the deputies, 24-year-old Greg Gordon of Port Austin, attempted to photograph the objects with an instamatic camera carried as standard equipment in the patrol car. The objects vanished at daybreak, but the officers said their sudden disappearance from the radar scopes at Port Austin coincided exactly with the sounding of the electronic burglar alarm at the Air Force station store (PX).

Although the Air Force has a reputation for reluctance in making comments relative to UFO sightings, the following official statement was released Tuesday afternoon through the local installation by information officer Lt. Robert W. Newman:

‘Radar Operators at the 754th Radar Squadron at Port Austin AFS, MI, reported seeing radar returns at approximately 0145 hours E.D.T.

‘The returns were kept under observation for approximately 30 minutes. Some personnel on duty also visually sited lights in the sky in the same approximate area.

‘The NORAD Combat Operation Center located in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, was informed. The radar returns posed no apparent threat and no actions were taken to dispatch aircraft to the scene. (Radar returns were defined as ‘anything that shows up on the radar screen.’)’

On Tuesday night, a predictable number of new sightings were reported mainly in the Bad Axe area, but these were believed either to be stars and possibly a lighted weather satellite visible as it passes through the sky on clear nights.

No plausible explanation has been given for the objects observed early Tuesday.”


Wikipedia article: “Port Austin Air Force Station”:


Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Port Austin Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-61, NORAD ID: Z-61) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-southwest Port Austin, Michigan. It was closed in 1988 by the Air Force.

After the station’s closure, it was replaced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at Canton, Michigan (near Detroit) 42°16′36″N 083°28′27″W as part of the Joint Surveillance System (JSS), designated by NORAD as Eastern Air Defense Sector (EADS) Ground Equipment Facility J-62.”

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