Bedford, IndianaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 11, 1957, a civilian near Bedford, Indiana reported two round flashing objects the size of a baseball. The objects flashed red, green, and blue. They appeared to move up and down and were in sight for about 5 minutes.

The Air Force noted the description and flight path suggested the objects were possibly balloons, but said the duration was rather short. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation. There was no detailed report in the file. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Bedford, Indiana

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

IN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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| BR EE HON RE STEN
|v oate 2. LOCATION D | ®. CONCLUSIONS i
| 3 = 8 "Wes Balloon pl fi
11 November 1957 Bedford, Indiana = > *robably oo oon oo *
| 3" oATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sg|e Posebiydeen — _

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| OO ee. | XB One Viowdt O Ground-Rodg 0 2 Ss colt {
BL ALARA O Air Visuel O Air-Intercop Rally, [2 PossiblyRirgrabt ~~
{ S. PHOTOS . : © YD Was Astreponical 0
1 O Yes RB Probabl yQ\sronomicol™
X& No Civilian Bir [P Possibly Asfronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
F Ss 1b Date for Evaluatic
five minutes two up and qg 5

.  |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
i Two round flashing red, green, blue Description, duration, flight
1 objects the size of a baseball, Objs path indicate that this sighting

1 appeared to be moving up and down was possibly balloon(s).
1 and were in sight for 5 minutes, Duration rather short, however,
: and case is listed as insuffi
: cient data for evaluation.

1 No report in file,

- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) , :

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