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Karen Ellington UFO Sighting, Detroit

1966-03-30·LaSalle area near Linwood, Detroit, Michigan·FBI·unresolved
Document cover: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449Document cover

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A 17-year-old witness observed an object approximately 400 feet in altitude and 9 feet long with red and green lights near her home around midnight on March 30, 1966.

Karen Ellington, 17, 15587 LaSalle, was walking to the front door of her home about midnight, when she noticed an object in the sky. It appeared to be about 150 yards away, according to the police report and could move faster than the John Lodge Expressway, near Linwood. It was approximately 400 feet in the air, 9 feet long with a red light on the left and a green light on the right.

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Case details

Date
1966-03-30
Precision
day
Location
LaSalle area near Linwood, Detroit, Michigan
Country
United States
Region
Michigan
Branch
FBI
Sensors
eyewitness
Size
9 feet long
Altitude
400 ft

Source document

Agency: FBI

File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449

Case ID: 1966-FBI-D78F

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Extracted via LLM. Verbatim excerpt validated.

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