FBIUnresolvedAmbiguous
Multiple 'flying saucer' sightings with police confirmation — Saginaw, Michigan, July 30, 1956
Jul 30, 1956Saginaw, Michigan area
⟳ Deeper read pending. This record is from the FBI 62-HQ-83894 flying-disc file, whose cursive, clippings and faint scans are under-read by automated OCR. It is flagged for a vision-transcription pass and likely undercounts what the source contains — see the documents collection note.
Analysis — our summary
Between midnight and 7:00 AM on July 30, 1956, the Saginaw, Michigan area state police received seven separate reports of a flying saucer. One state police officer personally observed the object, which was described as approximately 12 feet in diameter with red and blue lights, moving swiftly. Reported altitudes ranged from 1,200 to 25,000 ft across different witness accounts. No official explanation was recorded.
As reported — verbatim from the document
“State police received 7 reports of 'flying saucer' between midnight and 7 AM; one officer saw it himself; object approximately 12 ft diameter, red and blue lights, moving swiftly, reported at heights between 1,200-25,000 ft.”
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence
Multiple witnesses including law enforcement. Wide altitude range (1,200-25,000 ft) across witnesses suggests different objects or estimation difficulty. Confidence moderate. Source is FBI summary document.
Provenance
Source document65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505.pdf
Document typeincident report
Reporting agencyFBI
Source pages15
Redaction markers in doc1
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Held classified~70 years (≥, to this release)
Extraction confidence ModerateHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.