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Case FileNARA NAID 28971826 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Kokomo, IndianaSeptember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Kokomo, Indiana in September 1957. The full case file (4 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 29.

Reported location

Kokomo, Indiana

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon 4
EE RE A RR LAN XIX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Reder te Xpeabobie Arveroft |
GM __28/0200Z 02007 AP O Air Visuvel O Air-Intercept Rodar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTC : ou XX Wes Astronomicel S7AXS |
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
a Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronemicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR cis ascii
1. 10 minutes - {oir Dato for Evaluation
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2, 30 minutes three North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object moving very fast, with green l, This situation could be the
and red lights passing in a northerly | result of the maneuvers of the |
direction at approx 3000 ft, Then the | F-89's in the area at this time
obj passed in a western direction & practicing 180 dgr turns & snap-
quickly reversed to an easterly direc-| up attacks at 20,000 ft, Naviga-
tion. The object then bacame brightly | tional lights could account for
illuminated with a yellow and green the red and green landing lights
| | light and dropped out of sight to the | for the disappearing bright lightd.
north. No sound. Also sighted were 2 2, Other objects in NNE stars. |
stationary objs for * hr, One qf .thesec a : |
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red & ¢reen lights,
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