Mecca, IndianaJanuary 1958

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 Mecca, Indiana in January 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Mecca, Indiana

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

3

. : RE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

4 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS

] : la Was Balloon

4 tg Jap 58 | Mecca, Indiang {& Probably Balloon
r ————— en ee —  — D . )

4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ld Possibly Balloan
3 ; | LED 8 sh 0 Was Aircraft

1 150 eal Ee £<Cround-Yisual 0 Ground-Radar | @ x Probably Aircraft
: GR ZOD D I OT AirYisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS o SOURCE CH dEAR eae
3 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E 2 No | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EY OY Har eat baila bl hs 50

& 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: bs : O Unknown
i 16 mins one North : FEHR
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jie COMMENTS
4 Small round obj, flashing red. No Observer probably saw only the
3 sound, Obj was moving South, then flashing red portion of an a/c
turned sharply North & disappeared. navigation light.

Ee |
3
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976811

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Places

Indiana Mecca, IN

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01