PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969298

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONKokomo Indiana

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Lecel XIX Ground. Vi sual
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1. 10 minutes

2. 30 minutes
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object moving very fast, with green
and red lights passing in a northerly
direction at approx 3000 ft. Then the
obj passed in a western direction &
quickly reversed to an easterly direc-
tion, The object then became brightly
illuminated with a yellow and green
light and dropped out of sight to the
north. No sound. Also sivhted were 2

stationary objs for 4 hr,
objects douctved ta hove

red & sreen lights,

three

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8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

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Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
Unknown
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11. COMMENTS

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12. CONCLUSIONS

© Wes Balloon
0 Prebebly Balloon
0 Possibly Balloon

D Wes Aireroft
O Ground-Redear ek XProbobly Aircrof?

0 Pessibly Aircroft

x xXWes Astronomicel STARS
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

0 Air-intercep? Rodar

1. This situation could be the
result of the maneuvers of the
F-89's in the area at this time
practicing 180 dgr turns & snap-
up attacks at 20,000 ft, Naviga-
tional lights could account for
the red and green landing lights
for the disappearing bright lights
2. Other objects in NNE stars.

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AF FORM 112 ;
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 \

COUNTRY | REPORT NO.

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DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION

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£4 ecoproxinatel: 26929), ef Yokoo, Indians re vorted on unidentified |
flying obgect loeeted north of Kokomo ghich igs approximately 15 miles-dirasctl: south
of Bunter "13 Air Fores Bese. This olje-+ move? very fast nascing from norta to -
south oni meade a right .anrle turn at high sseed. This wes titnersed by his uncle
Mr. Russel Beodley who ctrted that he was cailed outside by sis nepher 4% aonrecil
0200 fours zehre time on the 28th of Sepie.ber. He spotted an ot irxct in the sky
with green ent red lich‘+* passing in a northerly direction at approximately 3°00
feet. Ther the abject pissed in a western direction ni quickly reversed to end

* easterly direction Ahan he saw it become brig tly illuminated with e yellow and

__green light.and_‘roe out of si;ht to the north. During the sini be it they were
stationary

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jec in the NNE sky tra* he *etehed for epsroximately
field glarces. One of ‘het chjects sppeared to ove and these also nac red and

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lo. One S-12h arvived here at “802234. (Three F7-29)s were airborne curing the
iourehinet be time and nad down times ofr 48ULU2Z2, 2501524, and mtg’ hehe
Wl. Intelligence officer's comments: This situation coula he tne result ot
tne manuevers or.tne F-UY's tnat were in tne srea at tois time. Interviews
_-eifh a pilot and radar observer revealed tnar trev were prnet reine fisu
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Rhokomo. These manaevers would account for one obiects sudden changes in
iirection. The atrer:ft navieational lirnts would arecount for the ret and
green Lients and the landing lights could he che disapnearing brieht Lichts,
Also at this time thera were several revolyvines search Lights in the Kokumo
vicinltuyxe

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