Hamlet, IndianaSeptember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On September 17, 1954, a man named Hall found a cigar shaped object on a golf course in Hamlet, Indiana. The object was about 5 feet long and 6 inches in diameter. It was made of aluminum and steel and held radio equipment.

The finder turned the object over to a nearby ordnance depot, and it later came into the hands of Air Force investigators. An investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the FBI followed.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as a hoax. The investigation found that a local person had made the object and placed it on the golf course. The case was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Hamlet, Indiana

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

IN / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
|. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
fo 17 September 1954 Hamlet, Indiona O Was Balloon
E 1: PERbE 75 2 O Probably Bellaon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 ey ERs
; 0 Was Aircraft
: LEeealii iinet mnie 8 Dein Xa a Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar £1 pisbably Alreraft |
i GMsfactes eon Dus 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |

5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Was Astronomical {
3 Yes ; Perv Cicne SERRE O Probably Astronomical {
: 0 Ne <p. Livilisn O Possibly Astronomical {
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION l'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ofer vHOmmE oo
: O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
i q O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING n. hE Fede |
4 Mr Hall of Hamlet, Ind found cigar shaped OSI an@ FBI investigation proved the
A object, 5 ft long, 6" in diameter, Constructdd observation to be a hoax, Object made
: of aluminum, steel and contained radic equip oy N—..: Hamiet, Ind, FEE
ment, | report received and is filed in the ‘
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959537