Terre Haute, IndianaJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 20, 1956, in Terre Haute, Indiana, a civilian witness reported seeing one round object slightly larger than the north star. The object was yellow or white in color and appeared at an estimated altitude of 7-8000 feet. It moved from the southeast toward the northeast. The observation lasted forty minutes. The reporting officer believed the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon. No report was filed with the Air Force.

Reported location

Terre Haute, 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

1. DATE: 20 July 1956
2. LOCATION: Terre Haute, Indiana
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 20/0705Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual, [ ] Ground-Radar, [ ] Air-Visual, [ ] Air-Interception
5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes, [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Forty minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: GNE, SE to NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round object slightly larger than the north star, yellow or white in color, estimated to be at 7-8000 feet. Object appeared in the southeast moving northeast.
11. COMMENTS: Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[ ] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

No Report in File.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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