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100-DE-18221 Serial 844: FBI Case File 100-DE-18221, Serial 844

Released: May 8, 2026

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 in…

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.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 d ay , 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 lig ht! .
            He ~aid this o b ject wa! pas~ing in a northern d irection from
            southwest and cros s e d t he City three block~ s outh of Six Mi l e
            at Lamphere Street .

                   ri/EAVER a dvised that he att err1p ted to call Selfridg e Fie l d
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            to p,et in touch with the Air ~orce b ut hi ~ at t empts were un­
            p roiuct 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 De tr 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 ,)e troit when he ohcerve d i netant object .


            Adv l se p roper air fo rc e ,i authorities .


            RRR/ mac
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                                                                                  APRl 71958
                                                                                    FBI • DETROIT




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