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Case FileNARA NAID 29000667 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Speedway, IndianaApril 1963

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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 Speedway, Indiana in April 1963. 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 47.

Reported location

Speedway, Indiana

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
p GEERT STNTE TTY RRA TR, SF 11
; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
22 April 1963 Speedway, Indiana : O Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
leg] pom a RT BR a Er NE RAR XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar - uaa RP
__GoMT_not reported | 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
XDNo Civilian O Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl Othey acho a els big
| a Liasiaent Data for Evaluation i
: nknown }
3 minutes 4 i one | not reported
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING LL COMMENTS
! Strange a/c hovering over house for | Father told daughter that obj
| about 3 minutes, Described as round | in distance was a/c when callad
disc 100ft in diameter w/red glow | to observe, No reason to alter
| around end, Ports along side &% dome | this analysis, Case evaluated |
| oa top. No sound, Heat given off by | as a/c, Some inconsistencies
| 9bj. Hovaring height estimated at ' din rpt in that obj shot away & |
| 200-225ft, Obj shot away & was gone | was gone in seconds, ysat when |
| in seconds, No more heat, Called father father was called he observed |
to door & father said obj (light)was | a/c, Apparently obj was still |
[Fale | in sight,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
CE Ny eT PT RI SE SR Er ET Eo
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000667

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