Indianapolos, Ind, August 1951August 1951

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Summary

On August 13, 1951, at 1900 (7:00 p.m.) Central Standard Time, an object was seen over Indianapolis, Indiana. Both military and civilian witnesses observed it. The object was visible overhead and moved in a westerly direction. Its altitude was estimated at about 30,000 feet, and it appeared silver in color.

Air Force messages noted the object appeared to be a plastic balloon. A balloon project center reported that it had tracked a balloon over Indianapolis at the time of the sighting. The high altitude balloon had been released from an Air Force base in the area. The Air Force identified the case as a research balloon.

Reported location

Indianapolos, Ind, August 1951

Date of incident

August 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
. [. oate | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
13 August 1951 Indianapolos, Ind. 8 Pecbobly Bullesn

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Selieon
1900 hrs CST % 0 Wes Aiveroft
| Loeol 1300 rs CST | F Ground-Visvel O Ground-Roder 8 Pedy Meret
out 19/01107 0 Air Viwel O Air-Intercopt Rader [DO Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS O Was Astronomicol :
1 OVYes OD Prebobly Astrenomicol
a Ne Military and civilian © |O Possibly Astrenesiles!
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD TUT co cnminatialiasmmanions
O Insufficient Dota for Eveluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
i Appeared to be balloon. ‘as definitely identified as Research
; lloon.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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