Green Castle, Ind., January 1958January 1958

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Summary

On January 10, 1958, a civilian in Green Castle, Indiana, reported seeing two silver objects flying together in formation. The witness described them as roughly the size of a medium aircraft, with an unusual appearance: each object looked like an inverted saucer stacked on top of another inverted saucer. The two objects flew in a southern direction and stayed in view for about five minutes before disappearing.

The witness said the objects were flying at roughly 5,000 feet altitude. The observer heard sounds similar to other aircraft in the area, which initially drew their attention to the sky. The objects maintained a straight flight path until they went out of sight. Weather conditions at the time included clear skies with northeast surface winds.

The U.S. Air Force investigated the sighting and identified the objects as a Navy WF-2 radar plane that was in the area at the time. The WF-2 was a military transport aircraft modified to carry radar equipment for weather reconnaissance and tracking purposes. The plane's distinctive shape and silver finish matched the witness description well enough for the Air Force to conclude the sighting had been solved.

The full case file, consisting of 14 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Green Castle, Ind., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

] ' ' ! ' 2 ar CRY 4 ER ER IETS SATE N Tica o ; o ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i | E! Ee ees eT ———— i | 3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1 : O Was Balloon 10 Jan 58 Green Castle, Ind, 9 Brogan Bollese i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pablo) doh ! ; : Was Aircraft 3 Local SS —— XKGround- Visuel 0 Ground-Radar ): Probably Aircraft __OMT___-— __10:21°°57 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft & 3 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Z. Was Astronomical | Q Yes O Probably Astronomical i y BD No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical A 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl Others een | O Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4 = : 5 O Unknown 2 : oO mins TWO South : ! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING hi COMMENTS | ; ! Silver obj, size of mediun a/c, W, This was identified as the Navy ) appearance of saucer invertad ontop WF-2 vadar plane in the area, eT of another. Two objs traveling Loysa | . torether. : ! : » FF 3 : ! 5 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) E if i | ; 2