Serial 844 / 1958-04-17
Detroit Witness Reports Circular Object with Crystal Dome Over City at 4 A.M., April 1958
David Weaver, age 23, of 15801 Decosta, Detroit, Michigan, telephoned the FBI Detroit office at 4:08 A.M. on April 17, 1958, to report seeing a circular object with a crystal-type dome that reflected lights. He said the object traveled from the southwest in a northern direction, crossing the city three blocks south of Six Mile Road at Lamphere Street. Weaver told the FBI he had first tried to reach Selfridge Field Air Force base but could not get through, and that he was on his way home from work when he saw the object. SA Robert Ross Reynolds authored the memorandum to SAC Detroit and recommended notifying Air Force authorities.