On a quiet day in March, 1966, seven eyewitnesses reported an unidentified flying object maneuvering over Livingston and Washtenaw counties (Michigan). Ordinarily, these reports might have been dismissed by officials as the work of cranks. But this time the seven witnesses saw an UFO, officials police, officers and sheriff's deputies from the both counties. Their stories were backed up by more than 100 witnesses including William Van Horn a civil defense director and dozens of students, who watched the football shaped object for four hours, as it maneuvered near the University of Michigan campus, nearby airport and a local swamp. The March 14 sightings caused an uproar and the area went on a wild UFO chase.