This is a one-page FBI office memorandum dated April 17, 1958, originating from the Detroit field office. Special Agent Robert Ross Reynolds authored the memo to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Detroit. It documents a 4:08 A.M. telephone report from a Detroit resident identified as Weaver, residing at 15801 Decosta, Detroit. Weaver reported observing a circular object with a crystal-type dome reflecting lights, traveling northward from the southwest, crossing the city approximately three blocks south of Six Mile Road at Lamphere Street. Weaver described himself as 23 years old, the son of a Detroit police officer, and a former Civil Air Patrol member. He had first attempted to contact Selfridge Air Force Base directly but was unsuccessful. The memo's recommendation is brief: forward the information to Air Force authorities.
The document is notable primarily as a procedural record showing the FBI's standard 1958 handling of UFO reports — logging civilian sightings and routing them to the Air Force rather than investigating independently. The witness's CAP background is noted, though Reynolds also flags his limited aircraft identification experience. No redactions are apparent in the visible text. The document fits a pattern of mid-century FBI field offices serving as an intake channel for UAP reports before Air Force involvement.