PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
11 October 1956 Crane, Indiana 0 Probably Balloon
3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locol.2245 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar o Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT.12/0345Z AlrVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomical
OYes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
Exaggerati lueto
7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. COURSE xOthero V
0 Insufficiont Dcta for Evaluation
unknown D Unknown
30 seconds one
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
18 year old youth rptd large, glowing No low flying a/c in vicinity. No
object red or amber in color observed objs rptd by radar. Sighting
75 to l00 ft in air. Claims objects observed adjacent to US naval observed adjacent to US naval
40 feet in diameter. depot. Not rptd I depot. Not rptd others. Signi- thers. Signi-
ficant that youth's iicant that vo bad
also rptd 1 month
before. Conclude, ore, stron
possibil obj or
light seei due
to sugge fm
parent's ot ief.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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2466TH AIR RESERVE FLYING CENTER
Unitod States Air Force
Bakalar Air Force Basa
Columbus, Indiana
DO DECG 1956
SUBJECT: Tranamittal of "UF ports
TO: Comanding Ganeral
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springe, Colorado
. Tho attached - Corwarded in acco
2. This activity .
reporting procodure as defined in paragraph above citod rogu-
lation.
FOR THE COMMANDER: FOR THE COMMANDER:
Ahe Ahe
2 Incls
1. UFOB RepoRt dtd ... RAYBOURN
21 Nov 56 CWO, W-3. USAH CWO,W-3, USAB
2. UFOB Report dtd Adjutant
29 November 56

which pallels the vestern edge of the - n. distance of approxi-
mately one mile.
3. The withess reported that the object was seen at 10:45 (2245), on
the right side of the highway approximately one hundred (loo) yards from
the road. The object was described as a large, gloying, red or ember
light about seventy-five (75) to one hundred (loo) feet the air,
eircular and about forty (4o) feet in dameter. The witness reports
stopping for approximately 3O seconds to view the object, which left,
star
The witness reports that the sky was clear, no other aircraft were in
4. The name of the witness is His age is l8_and he
resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrg
Crane, Indiane.
frow information obtained by the Depot Criminal Investigator. There
are no couments nor any preliuinery analysis of possible causes of the
sighting other thon pointing out that the sighting by the father of the
witness less then a month beforehand night have been suggestive. There
was no report of lovflying aircraft over the Depot on il October i956. 11c.
cura
R. C. TURN
Acting
Copy to:
CNO *
Comnander, Eastern Sea Frontier
Coumandant, 9ND rprt
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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-485-56
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 Jan 57- Crane, Indiana 0 Was Balloon
27 CCF 5-6 0 Probably Balloon
. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
28/04002 0ct 56 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Air-Visual Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical (MFTEOR)
Yes Givilian 00 Probably Astronomical
No No Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER O NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 9. COURSE Other. Other.
See below One 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Evaluation
Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cne luminous objeet, chonging colors like This report was received by letter was received by le+ter −
a priam, exhibiting primry n priam, exhibiting primary colors. colors, Objeet from CO, MAD, Crane, Indiuna. A copy
gli+tered and twinkled like a star. gli+tered and + twinkled like a star. Object is attached.
was seen by various sources all through +he was seen by various sources all through +he The objeot was The objeot was lished
night. to Do the Planet Mars.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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2466Th ATR RESERVE FLYING CONTER
United Statos Air Force
Bakalar Air Force Bans
Colubns, Indians
DO DECT 1956
SUBJECT: Transmittal of "ufop" Roporte
TO: Cormandiag Ganeral
Alr Defense Cormmand
Ent Ar Force Base
Colorado Springe, Coloredo
l. The attached reports Corvarded in accordancs with
Air Force Regulatien
2, This activity is onable to comply with the prescribed
reportins procedure as defined in paragraph 7, above cited regu-
labion. labion.
POR THE COMMANDER: POR THE COMMANDER:
Shey Sh
2 Incls
1. UFCB Report dtd 1. UFCB Report dtd .. RAYBOURN . RAYBOURN
21 Nov 56 21 Nov 56 CWO, W-3, USAE CWO, W-3, , USAE
2 UFOB Raport dtd UFOB Report dtd Alfutant
29 Novomber 56

western edge of the Depot, and one person reported seeing such an object
from the Administration Building, which is located in the center of the
Depot. Upon subsequent investigation one other person reported that he
had on the night c Cctober seen from Crane Village an object whose
location and description matched that given by the other witnesses, which
object he had considered to be a star and had not eported.
3. One of the Crane Village witnesses upon being questioned, related that
the object wass seen to the northwestat an elevation of 30 or a little ,
less; that it was impossible to detennine the distance or height or size
of the object; that it was a luminous object which changed colors like a
prism, exhibiting primary colors; that it did not give off a steady light,
not seen to move around; that it was only sighted by this witness one
and disappeared when he looked for it later. This witness said that he had
seen stars or celestial bodies behave this way wnder frosty atmogpheric
conditions, He said that the colors seen were red, blue, and yellow, and
that the object did not move about any mor
This witness volunteered the opinion that the object was a star or a
celestial body.
4. The name of the witness mentioned in paragraph 3
d. He is guard Socurity Department
of NAD Crane. -
5. Five Crane Village witnesses stated that they saw an object in the
Q eastern sky at approximately 2oco on 27 October which was blinking and
slightly changing in color.
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and looked as if it and the ster very bright; that it glinmered
was changing colors; and that he has since checked the
same area, found the star, and been told that it is the planet Mars.
8. The Crane Village witness who did not at the time of sighting it report
the object as an unidentified flying object stated that on 27 October at about
2030 ho had been in the Crane area and had noticed the brightness of this
star and that it had a tendency to change colors and had renerked to his
companions that that was no doubt the flying Baucers that some of the
people had been soeing, This witness stated that he was familiar with
the planet of Nars and he definitely was positive that that was the object
he caw,
9. is Cmtain
He is enployed in Security Deoertmar Crone as
Chief of Police.
Duilding in the center of the Depo: stated thot the tine of sighting was
15 elevation; ic object ras seen to the northrnd sest at
hat it peared to Ilesh red, then green, then white or
clear; thet it nopeared be about the same sico and brillience as a very
bright star; that it stayed at the sume location and height while observed
by the witross from l327 to lo35, after which the witnass returned briefly
indoors; and that the witness was not able subsoquently to locate the object.
tae the witness mentioned in paragreph
KAC(A), and he is stationed at NAb Crane in the Corptr
Departhent. His home address is ller
Crane, Indiana,
12 Navy OoD log enuries for 27 Cctober indiente that the
ported seen from Crane Village fro. 1800 object was re-
Luards reported scoing to 1835, and that Security police
another object in the Northeast fron: 1850 to 1920.
The investigation failed to turn up any infornation in regard to the second
object.
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other celestial body.
The object seen from the Adninistration Building by Chief
. a celestial body same one
to the Northwest was probably
seen by was probably
object seen from 1850 to 1920 to the Northeast
c. The seen by the five Grane Village
a celestial body and pe
witnesses.
all, of these objects are
consistent with the hrootiesis that the objects were celcstinl bodies. consistent with the hoolhesis thal the objects W 1to 1i1o
My conjecture is that they were reported as unidentified flying objects My conjecture is that they were reported as unidentified flying objects
because of the sudden cold snan which probably because of the sudden cold snan which probably caused supersaturation
around I the dust particles, the dust particles, thereby thereby
of the air and resulted in condensation full color and brilliance of
removing them and rendering visible the removing then and rendering visible the unuBual degrees of veriation in
celestial bodies, and also perinps set and alco perinps set up
air density which air density which incrensed the twinkling effect. effect,
Copy to:
CNO
Commander, Hastern Sen Frontier
Com9
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