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Case FileNARA NAID 28959923 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

UNION CITY, INDIANAOctober 1954

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from UNION CITY, INDIANA in October 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

UNION CITY, INDIANA

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

IN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
i
i PROJECT 10073 RECORD |
1, DATES THE SROUP 2. LOCATION
3 ‘= OCT S54
3 DAY UNION CITY, INDIANA
3, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION on
|
: CIVILIAN |
Fontana onl ong si ec te we (BE IE OIE RE CHATTER: DROP |
: 4, NUMBER OF OBJECTS i
MULTIPLE
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
4 1-2 MINUTES FOR r/c Fast moving object moving SE in direction of Dayton
Airport. High with bright sunlight relfecting from obj,
d 5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION in sight for only minute or two. No contrails or exhaust.
“OUND VISUAL, After plane left dozens of obj were observed to float
toward ground. Some cof theobjs floated directly over-
: 7. COURSE head. These objs were like shiny threads. § Flat rain-
E: a v 1 = V)astd eo
\ FALLING bow colored plastic.
| 8. PHOTOS COMMENTS :
Witnesses observed chaff drop.
: 0 Yes
“1 Mo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
38A Yes NOT RECVD
00 No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959923

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

INDIANAUNION CITYUNION CITY, IN

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-10-01

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