PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9554547

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONFortville Indiana

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. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
23 Fab 53_23/2116Z Fortville, Indiana
. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civ Nonan BALLOON
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One Billoon
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 llin. Gircular shaped, white objeot with a sroke rik around it
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION traveled at an unestirnted speed at a high alti tude.
Gound-Visual
7. COURSE
NE
8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
X No
9. PHY PH VIDENCE IDENCE
Y.s 0 Y.s
No
FORM FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) be used, used
.
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CENTER IRIGHT B OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLO EPRGS COLO S
ZEN/CG 3OTI IR DIV DEF WILLOW RUN APRT R DIV DEF WILLOW RUN APRT BELLEVILLE . - T BELLEVILLE E MICH MICH
OBJECT CIRCULAR OBJECT SHAPE COLOR WHITE WITH A SMOKE RING AROUND IT PD TIME SHAPE DKE RING OUND IT PI D TIME
OF SIGHTING IG 2T211SZ FED 3 PD MANNER OF SIGHTING VISIBLE FROM GRND CMA
OBJECT IN SIGHT APPROXIMATELY EIVE MINUTES CMA ALTITUDE VERY HIGH PD
LOCATION OF SIGHTING OVER FORTVILLE CMA INDIANA CMA OBJECT WAS ON
NORTH EAST HEADING DURING SIGHTING PD NAME OF OBSERVER COLON MRS CLEON
CMA 1047 CONCORD CMA FORTV VILLE CMA INDIANA PD END
24/2124Z FEB JEDBW
Pibll ilend
Neuth Sene
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DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED
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At located 16 miles northeast of Indianapolis
sighted an unknown flying object appearing as a circular shaped, white object
traveling at a high n altitude in a northeasterly direction and reported this
occurrence to the 762nd ACaw Ai installation. Clear
weather prevailed.
II. Discussion of Incident
Project Blue Book ascertained that a piball weather balloon was scheduled
for release at 2l0oz by the Indianapolis U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather
Station and probably caused the submission of this report. The object was seen
approximately 15 minutes after the balloon's release from Indianapolis and I was
carried in a northeasterly direction by the winds aloft which, for that tima of
day were from 2ho to 260. This would place the -floating rubber balloon
almost over Fortville, tha location of sighting. alnost over Fortville, the location of sighting.
III. III. Conclusion Conclusion .
was balloon. was balloon. ) ),
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UNCL IED
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