Bedford, IndianaJanuary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 8, 1956, witnesses near Bedford, Indiana, reported three objects in the sky. The Greenwich time was 1659Z. The observers were civilians.

The objects were described as circular and silver, three close together. They appeared to give off a vaporish smoke. Their shape seemed to change, and they moved from side to side. The sighting lasted about two hours and 34 minutes.

Fighter aircraft were sent to the area. They did not make contact with the reported objects but sighted a Piper Cub type aircraft, which was assumed to be a civilian patrol plane. The reporting officer suggested the jet fighters in the area could have been mistaken for the objects.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card noted no positional information was included, and the Air Force conclusion was INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

Reported location

Bedford, Indiana

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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Eee PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD . .. . .  . :
"TT. oate 2 LOCATION ; 12. CONCLUSIONS :
1 ; 0 - Was Balloon
. |___8 January 1956 Bedford, Indiana o Probably Balloon
“1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP TT 14 TYPE OF OBSERVATION pr AL Lh EL A
ii WoT : 2 . O Was Aircraft |
a loge | XX Ground-Visual -. O Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft
| omr__08/1659Z (D 0 Ain Visual 0 Air-intercept. Radar [D0 Possibly Aircraft
_} 5 PHOTOS. SOURCE : 0 Was Astronomical
\ Q Yes : : 3 ‘Probably Astronomical !
XE No Civilian ; i; [=] Possibly Astronomical |
' ]'7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE. Tle CSR Se CR (EEE
; EX Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
pes] ; O Unknown i
. 2 hrs, 34 mins three ; ‘unknown :
. ]o. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
+ | Circular silver, 3 obj close together No positional information included.
B appeared to give off vaporish smoke, Fighter a/c in area sighted piper
'w - }- Shape appeared to be changing and cub as only object (possible astr¢ |
., }. moving from side to side, sighting and only one object being |
So § : : sighted. No mention of motion or | 5
formation, No conclusion and case| |
Eo listed as insufficient data, {
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. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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