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Case FileNARA NAID 28997756 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Indianapolis, IndianaJune 1962

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Indianapolis, Indiana in June 1962. The full case file (5 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 45.

Reported location

Indianapolis, Indiana

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| 3 [ 3. DATETIME 320UP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i er idbd Bodog
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E | Local __ SER ok tae el 0 Ground-Viszual 0 Ground-Radar Q We 7 Aircraft
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4 GMT ho: aM Ao O7Ai-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 9 Possibly Aircraft
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3 5. PHOTOS { Oe SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical §
E C Yes | 80 Probably Astronomical
FE “LF No Fined ns $i ons 0 Possibly Astronomical
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3 7. LENGTH OF C335ZRVATION ' 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other vlilGoOnlidiiled
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| } mins i threo deairanwdies I Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jie COMMENTS 2g Re Ty
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3 azimuth descend ing toward the horizon
3 disappearing behind douds in 20-30
4 Secs. Second two obsvd at 60der clev
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