Hammond, IndianaSeptember 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

Reported from Hammond, Indiana, in September 1961, this case came from a letter about a large object seen over San Diego. A woman said she saw the object and stressed it was not her imagination. She described it as crescent shaped with a flashing, rotating light, larger than six jets and faster than anything she believed the United States could make. The letter reached the Air Force in February 1962. No investigation was made because of the long delay. The card lists the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Hammond, Indiana

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 0 | |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
10 Sep 61 Hix Hammond, Indiana O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP - _ 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ldo fol i
OTIC FP, xe Grasnd Frsea° OPC O Ground-Rader a Probaidy Aver
cmt 11/0230% 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft | |
5. PHOTOS o O Was Astronomical CAP el A a
0 Yes 3X Probably Astronomical
XA Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ON iiss |
: B a Data for Evaluation |
1/2 hrs | 1 NNE SATE | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGNTINGOVal shaped, blue-green- |11. COMMENTS Witness probably did not know |
orange-yellow objt with diffueed light aroun@ |how to use his telescope, as elevations apd |
it observed in NNE for 3 1/2 hrs. Movement very|ag are very general. First Magnitude star
: slow toward NNE. : Capella was in NNE at time of sighting, a |
: : a lower altitude. Taking inbo account an pel
error on part of witness, coupled with |
| : appearance and duration of sighting it is |
quite possible that witness was reporting| - |
i star Capella. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 33) |
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