- Date
- 1963-10-27
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
About thirty balloons released at the University of Michigan–Minnesota game in Minneapolis on October 26, 1963, were found near a Beaver Island cottage the next day, according to the November Beaver Beacon. The article presents the episode as an unusual long-distance drift.
Evidence and limits
The report is based on correspondence and local investigation. It does not establish the exact release point, flight path, wind record, or whether all the balloons traveled together.
Open questions
- Do University of Michigan records or weather observations document the release and route?
Sources
- Reports a cluster of about 30 balloons released at the Michigan–Minnesota game in Minneapolis on October 26 and found near a Beaver Island cottage on October 27; it records correspondence-based distance estimates, not an instrumented trajectory.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “University of Michigan Homecoming balloons reach Beaver Island, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-balloon-drift-from-michigan-homecoming-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1963, “Out of the Blue.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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