La Fayette, IndianaAugust 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from La Fayette, Indiana in August 1956. The full case file (3 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 25.

Reported location

La Fayette, Indiana

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 August 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 04/0600Z
5. PHOTOS: [checkmark] No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: unknown

2. LOCATION: La Fayette, Indiana
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkmark] Ground-Visual [blank] Ground-Radar [blank] Air-Visual [blank] Air-Intercept Radar
5. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: to SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One white, round object, size of a pea having a bright tail was observed for three consecutive nights in Lafayette. Elevation reported as high. Object remained stationary then moved to the SW.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkmark] Was Astronomical STAR/PLANET [blank] Probably Astronomical [blank] Possibly Astronomical [blank] Was Aircraft [blank] Probably Aircraft [blank] Possibly Aircraft [blank] Other [blank] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [blank] Unknown

11. COMMENTS: Object viewed on 3 successive nights. Positional data not included; however, all characteristics of astro body present. Case evaluated as star/planet.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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