Indiana, Illinois Area, November 1953November 1953

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Summary

On November 25, 1953, near Indianapolis, Indiana, a Regina Airlines pilot reported an unidentified object. The pilot saw a brightly lit object with amber and white coloring. The object moved on a parallel course east of Illinois for three or four minutes, then disappeared around 4:40 a.m. It reappeared about nine minutes later. During the second sighting, the bright white light turned green before vanishing. The Air Force conclusion is not clearly visible on these pages.

Reported location

Indiana, Illinois Area, November 1953

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

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1. DATE / TIME GROUP
November 25 5/1002Z

2. LOCATION
Indiana, Illinois Area

3. SOURCE
Civilian

10. CONCLUSION
[illegible] ... B ... [illegible]

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

possible rpt of a balloon [illegible] sighting for an unusual [illegible]

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3-4 Minutes

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air-Visual

Rgina [sic] Airlines pilot observed a bright, brightly lit amber and white object on a parallel, course E of Ill for 3 or 4 mins. Disappeared around 0440C. Reappeared about 0459C for about 1 min this time bright white light turning green before vanishing.

7. COURSE
Not Reported

8. PHOTOS
[] Yes
XX No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
[] Yes
XX No

FORM
FTD SEP 53 0-320 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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