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From about 3:50 a.m. on March 14 and for 2-1/2 hours thereafter,
Washtenaw County sheriffs and police in neighboring jurisdictions reported
disc-shaped objects moving at fantastic speeds and making sharp turns, diving
and climbing, and hovering. At one point, four UFOs in straight-line formation
were observed. Selfridge AFB confirmed tracking UFOs over Lake
Erie at 4:56 a.m. Following is the log of ‘Complaint No. 00967’ signed by Cpl.
Broderick and Deputy Patterson of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department:
‘3:50 a.m. Received calls from Deputies Bushroe and Foster, car 19,
stating that they saw some suspicious objects in the sky, disc, star-like
colors, red and green, moving very fast, making sharp turns, having left to
right movements, going in a Northwest direction.
4:04 a.m. Livingston
County
4:05 a.m. Ypsilanti Police Dept. also called stated that the object was
seen at the location of US-12 and I-94 [intersection of a U.S.
4:10. a.m. Monroe
County
4:20 a.m. Car 19 stated that they just saw four more in the same
location moving at a high rate of speed.
4:30 a.m. Colonel Miller [county civil defense director] was called; he
stated just to keep an eye on the objects that he did not know what to do, and
also check with Willow Run Airport.
4:54 a.m. Car 19 called and stated that two more were spotted coming
from the Southeast, over Monroe
County
4:56 a.m. Monroe
County Lake Erie
and were unable to get any ID from the objects. The Air Base called Detroit
Operations and were to call this Dept. back as to the disposition.
5:30 a.m. Dep. Patterson and I [Cpl. Broderick] looked out of the office
and saw a bright light that appeared to be over the Ypsilanti area. It looked
like a star but was moving from North to East.
6:15 a.m. As of this time we have had no confirmation from the Air
Base.’
Deputy Bushroe told the press: ‘It would swing back and forth like a
pendulum, then shoot upward at tremendous speed, hover and then come down just
as fast.’ Dexter police and Livingston
County
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March 20, 1966, Dexter ,
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‘While in the woods area,’ their report states, ‘a brilliant light was
observed from the far edge of the woods, and upon [our] approaching, the light
dimmed in brilliance....The brilliant light [then] again appeared, and then
disappeared. A continued search of the area was conducted, through swamp and
high grass, with negative results. Upon returning to the patrol vehicle, the
undersigned officers were informed that one of the objects had been hovering
directly over the area where our flashlight beams had been seen, and then [it]
departed in a west direction of flight, at high rate of speed.’
As he and other officers were rushing to the scene, Officer Robert
Hartwell of the Dexter Police Department saw a luminous object buzz his car.
Robert Taylor, Dexter Police Chief, said he watched an object in the field from
Frank Mannor’s home on a knoll overlooking the area. It appeared as a pulsating
red, glowing object. Through binoculars he saw ‘a light on each end of the thing.’
(Sheriffs’ statements in NICAP files. See The U.F.O. Investigator,
March-April 1966, pp. 5-6; Detroit
Wikipedia article: “Selfridge Air National Guard Base”:
Quote from the Wikipedia article:
“Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB (IATA: MTC, ICAO: KMTC, FAA LID: MTC) is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.[1]
“Selfridge Air National Guard Base or Selfridge ANGB (IATA: MTC, ICAO: KMTC, FAA LID: MTC) is an Air National Guard installation located in Harrison Township, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Selfridge Field was one of thirty-two Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.[1]
After World War II Selfridge expanded to its present size of 3,600 acres (1,500 ha ), and in 1947 the
Selfridge Field was renamed Selfridge Air Force Base.[22] The
base grew steadily and soundly, acquiring impressive buildings and long
concrete strips. In 1950, Headquarters for the Tenth Air Force, which was in
charge of all Air Reserve records for a 13-state area in the Midwest ,
moved to Selfridge. It recalled and trained Air Reservists, and as an
administrative group, the Tenth was the largest of the tenant units at
Selfridge.[22]
From 1947–1970 the base hosted three successive Cold War aircraft units: the 56th Fighter Wing (28 July 1947 – 1952), which conducted the first west-to-east jet fighter transatlantic crossing (US to Scotland via Greenland, 1948); the 4708th Defense (later Air Defense) Wing from 1952–1956; the 439th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952–7); and the 1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense) from 1956–1970.[23] The units’ Selfridge aircraft were F-51 Mustangs (439th, 1953-4), Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars (439th 1953-6, 56th), F-84 Thunderstreaks (439th), North American F-86D Sabres (1st), and F-102 Delta Daggers (1st). In April 1954, the Selfridge’s 13th Fighter-Intercepter Squadron of the 4708th Air Defense Wing won the Eastern Air Defense Force rocket gunnery championship;[24] and on 10 May1956, a
Selfridge F-86D accidentally fired 22 Mighty Mouse rockets while on the
ground.[25] In November 1957, Air Defense Command (ADC) assumed control of
Selfridge AFB.”
From 1947–1970 the base hosted three successive Cold War aircraft units: the 56th Fighter Wing (28 July 1947 – 1952), which conducted the first west-to-east jet fighter transatlantic crossing (US to Scotland via Greenland, 1948); the 4708th Defense (later Air Defense) Wing from 1952–1956; the 439th Fighter-Bomber Wing (1952–7); and the 1st Fighter Wing (Air Defense) from 1956–1970.[23] The units’ Selfridge aircraft were F-51 Mustangs (439th, 1953-4), Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars (439th 1953-6, 56th), F-84 Thunderstreaks (439th), North American F-86D Sabres (1st), and F-102 Delta Daggers (1st). In April 1954, the Selfridge’s 13th Fighter-Intercepter Squadron of the 4708th Air Defense Wing won the Eastern Air Defense Force rocket gunnery championship;[24] and on 10 May
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Selfridge Air National Guard Base, near Mount Clemens ,
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