Indianapolis, IndianaSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 22, 1958, at 6:03 p.m., a witness in Indianapolis, Indiana observed a round, multi-colored object the size of grapefruit in the east-northeast sky. The object appeared stationary at 250 degrees elevation and was visible for 1 hour and 15 minutes. The witness noted that the sighting had characteristics similar to a star or twinkling observation. Mars was in the east-northeast position at the time of sighting. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Indianapolis, Indiana

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

IN / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 22 September 1958
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 23/0330Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes [checked], No [unchecked]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 hr 15 mins

2. LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [checked], Ground-Radar [unchecked], Air-Visual [unchecked], Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]
6. SOURCE: Unknown
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: [blank]

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [unchecked], Probably Balloon [unchecked], Possibly Balloon [unchecked], Was Aircraft [unchecked], Probably Aircraft [unchecked], Possibly Aircraft [unchecked], Was Astronomical [unchecked], Probably Astronomical [unchecked], Possibly Astronomical [unchecked], Other [unchecked], Insufficient Data for Evaluation [unchecked], Unknown [checked]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Rnd multi colored obj size of grapefruit was observed in the ENE for 1 hr & 15 mins. Witness then went to bod. Appeared stationary at 250gr elev.

11. COMMENTS: Mars was in the ENE at the time of sighting. Sighting characteristic of Star or twinkling observation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979970