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Case FileNARA NAID 28968409 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

East Gary, IndianaNovember 1956

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 East Gary, Indiana in November 1956. The full case file (4 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 26.

Reported location

East Gary, Indiana

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
ER) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Jy |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Was Balloon | )
Novembhe D5€ ast Gar Indiana O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION "VW S— | |
aT XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar S Brobutty Rover oft | i
omt_17/2292Z = 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft 3
5. PHOTOS ' . 0 Was Astronomicol : | . 3
0 Yes : O Probobly Astronomical 3
To Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE BD oii
BX Insufficient Date for Evaluetion i
unknown two stationary |[O Umm ji? |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : |
Two objects oblong, size of basketball, Forms not completed by witnessé¢s
color brilliant white, four yellow Possible Astronomical sighting |
lights on each object - objects stand However, no evaluation made on | |
ing still and very high, data presented. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
| | : :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968409

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

East GaryEast Gary, INIndiana

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-11-01

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