Monrovia, IndianaJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 12, 1956, near Monrovia, Indiana, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for thirty seconds.

The object was round and orange in color. It was about the size of a quarter held at arm's length. It headed northwest at a high rate of speed. The object then ascended straight up.

The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as possible aircraft. There was no report in the file.

Reported location

Monrovia, Indiana

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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| | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| | fs ; g iD Wos Balloon |
12 July 1956 | Monrovia, Indiana 'D Probably Bciloon
| | BE coer ee —————————————\@ Possibly Ballosn |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP J TYPE OF OBSERVATION
| ] | i {
| PRRs es a XR Grounds Visual © Ground-Raodar 8 4: Heil WEE
! » . . { ‘
| our_13/04002 =~ 00Z | 0 Air Visual O Air-intercept Rader bid Possibly Aircralt |
5. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE {0 Was Astronemical |
| O Yes 2 geoERtLY Adtizhamicel |

. . P stronomice
| hdc dapo JANES | civilian ossibly |
| a ; FO TS | 9. COURSE JR 1] ER eR EEE i
| 7e ENANN OF DRIERVATION Fi HUNEERD id | 0 Insufficient Dete for Evaluction |
| | O Unknown |
thi rity seconds one | ascend) OR A NA eb a
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING El COMMENTS
| One round object, orange in color, Possible aircraft,
the size of a quarter held at arms
| length, heading northwest at a high
rate of speed. Object then ascended
straight up. Seen for a period of

thirty seconds. :

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No Report In File

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