Six Mile Road and Lamphere Street, Detroit, Michigan

On April 17, 1958, at 4:08 A.M., David Weaver, age 23, of 15801 Decosta, Detroit, Michigan, called the FBI Detroit field office to report a UFO sighting he had just witnessed. Weaver described the object as circular with a crystal-type dome that reflected lights. He observed it traveling in a northward direction, moving from the southwest, and said it crossed the city approximately three blocks south of Six Mile Road at Lamphere Street, Detroit. Weaver was returning home from his place of employment in Detroit when he saw the object. He first attempted to contact Selfridge Field to report it to the Air Force but was unable to reach anyone. He then contacted the FBI to pass along the information. Weaver identified himself as the son of a Detroit policeman and noted he had prior experience with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), though he acknowledged he was not highly familiar with aircraft identification. The memo was authored by Special Agent Robert Ross Reynolds of the FBI Detroit office and addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Detroit. The sole recommendation in the memo was to advise proper Air Force authorities. The document carries FBI file references 100-26505 and 100-18221-844 and was filed on April 17, 1958. It was declassified under the FBI Automatic Declassification Guide issued May 24, 2007, and released under FOIA request #90288.