Mecca, Ind., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 6, 1957, near Mecca, Indiana, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object with red lights flashing on and off and making a hissing sound. The object was traveling in a westerly direction. The observation took place at local time, with one object sighted. The Air Force noted that information in the report was limited, with the most important details missing, including elevation, azimuth, and time in sight. The report could not be evaluated without this information. The evaluation was listed as 'Possibly Astronomical.'

Reported location

Mecca, Ind., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
6 November 1957 | Mecca, Ind. | [ ] Was Balloon
 | | [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local 1605 | [ ] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT [illegible] 06/[illegible] | [X] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar | [ ] Probably Aircraft
 | | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | [ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes | Civilian | [X] Probably Astronomical
[X] No | | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
 | | [ ] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not given | 1 | West | [ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: | 11. COMMENTS:
A round object with red lights | The information in this report is
flashing on and off, and making a hissing | limited, with the most important [illegible] is
sound. Was travelling in a westerly | missing, i.e., elevation, azimuth and
direction. | time in sight. This report cannot be
 | evaluated without this information.
 |
 | DESCRIPTION INDICATES
 | AURORA SIGHTING

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 29 SEP 52)

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