E of Montezuma, IndianaSeptember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from E of Montezuma, Indiana in September 1957. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 29.

Reported location

E of Montezuma, Indiana

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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| 0g PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : : 343
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DO Was Balloon
23 September 1957 E of Montezuma, Indiana - Brobebly oe hn
‘3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i oi Spm
BX Was Aircraft ;
I as XB Ground-Visual OD Ground-Rodor OQ Probobly Aircraft
omy_24/02102 O Air Visvol O Air-Imercept Rader |D Possibly Aireroft i
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
0 Yes DO Probobly Astronomicol
BhNe {villian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE Ibi ieshbsifiotinnciivamions
O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
O Unknown
fen min oe one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oblong disc-shaped object, size of Appears this object was a/c
baseball, reddish orange, dim glow, circling for landing at Terre
changing to bright at times, No.sound.| Haute, Indiana,
Object appeared in North on southeastejly
course, disappeared then reappeared hegd-
ing west. It held this course for apprgx : 5
9 miles then turned northward, After |
holding this course for about 2 minuteg,
i | the Gh eh again turned £ and traveled
out of sight,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 3
e : L] S
Be ON NSA RAINES 5 RR 0 int SOS
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971765

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

E of Montezuma E of Montezuma, IN Indiana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-09-01