Terre Haute, IndianaJune 1956

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Summary

On June 22, 1956, in Terre Haute, Indiana, a civilian reported one object at about 4:35 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The witness watched it through binoculars for three minutes.

The object was circular and about the size of a medicine ball held at arm's length. Its color was black. It headed in a general course to the northeast at an altitude of about 1,000 to 1,500 feet. The witness, a woman, said she had taken pictures. The film was taken to Indianapolis to be developed, but it showed no results.

The Air Force noted the object had to be below the 4,000 foot overcast. Black piball balloons are released on cloudy days. The winds below 5,000 feet were from the southwest, while the object moved northeast. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded the sighting was caused by a weather balloon released at Terre Haute.

Reported location

Terre Haute, Indiana

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

IN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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b PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
tava 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon |
22 June 1956 Terre Haute, Indiana S$ Fabetly Ratlean
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ! Reser) waiean
i Logal Ry RTE XR Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador 24 Probably Alvcraft
nT 22/ 215357 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
i PHONE... DL, | & SOURCE ETD Yas Aa ical
Ryes FA Nor Frey O Probably Astronomical |
No (Le esi il ) Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cl ot) PEs A EYER NR
generally = 13h ahd Data for Evaluation
three minutes one NE ; |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One circular type object the size of | Note that the object had to be |
a medicine ball held at arms length, |below the altitude of 4,000 feet, |
color of black, Object was sighted the height of the overcast. Black
with binoculars for a period of three|pibald balloons arc releasedgn |
minutes, heading in a general course [cloudy days. It is the opinion
of NE at an altitude of approximately|of this hq that this sighting |
| 1,000 to 1,500 feet, was caused by a weather balloon
released at Terre, Haute, Indiana, :
Note that the winds below 5,000
: feet were from the SW and that
: the object was moving NE,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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