UFOMYST
CaseOval1966

Chelsea, MI, USA

Near Chelsea, Michigan in March 1966, a witness reported an oval-shaped object as part of the wider wave of UFO sightings reported across Michigan that month.

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (158 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1966-03-01
Where
Chelsea, MI, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
on-going
Geo
42.318, -84.022 · exact
Slug
oval-over-chelsea-mi-1966-69d76e
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Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

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In context

  • Chelsea, MI shows up 9 times across the archive.
  • 18 reports came from Michigan in 1966.
  • In the 1960s, 6.6% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

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