PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CUNCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
13 Sep 59 Bunker Hill AFB, Ind. 0 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
_Binoculars Probably Aircroft
GMT_ 1500Z Air Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astronomical
No Military & Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
stafionary XUnknown UNIDENTIFIED
approx 9 1/2 hrs one
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Pear shaped obj, between size of a dime The obj has all characteristics
& an orange, colors white, cream, of a high alt balloon. T-33. went to
& metallie. Obj had domething trailing 37,oooft in effort to identify obj.
beneath it. Ghe general opinion was that Obj siill well above a/e. Check made
the obj moved fm to SW rising slightly. w/General Mills and balloon not theirs.
Obj was seen u duik, at which tine it Possibly Raven Ind or Goodyear or other
became indistinguishable. research organization balloon. However,
sihde there is no confirmation this sihge there is no confirmation this
sighting is classified as "unidentified
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ANY CALLS PERTAINING TO THIS SIGHTING. THE LOGANSPORT POLICE
DEPARTMENT RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS. ALL STATEMENTS TAKEN WERE IN
STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS FLYING A CESSNA 172 AT 3,O0D FEET IN THE
KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LOCAL AREA STATED THAT HE SAW AN OBJECT
DIRECTLY AHEAD. MR.   VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT LOSING
SIGHT OF OBJECT MOMENTARILY. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN
AIRCRAFT COMING DIRECTLY AT HIM BUT LATER UPON REFLECTION HE C
DECIDED IT COULD BE A BALLOON. MR. STATED HE WAS EXCEEDLY
"SHOOK" AND RETURNED TO THE KOKOMO AIRPORT.D DUE TO MR
INEXPERIENCE WITH AIRCRAFT, IT IS MY OPINION THAT HIS
SIGHTING WAS THE BALLOON, TO ASCERTAIN THE PROBABILITY THAT WEATHER
STATION HAD LAUNCHED A WEATHER BALLOON, MR.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KOKOMO, IND, CONTACTED THE WEATHER STATIONS WITHIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KOKOMO, IND, CONTACTED THE WEATHER STATIONS WITHIN
AN AREA OF: 100 MILES WEST, 200 MILE® NORTH, 300 MILES EAST, AND AN AREA OF: 100 MILES WEST, 200 MILES NORTH, 300 MI
120 MILES SOUTH. A NEGATIVE 12Z MILES SOUTH. A NEGATIV REPLY REPLY WAT RECEIV RECEI FROM (
THESE STATIONS.
L. EXISTANCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, SUCH AS MATERIALS L EXISTANCE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, SUCH AS MATERIAL: AND AND PHOTO: PHOTOS:
(1NO (1) NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. (
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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO
REPLY TO ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: UO Sighting reported by Maj- DeSutt Pentagon Command Post
TO:
UFO sighting was reported by SAC to Maj- DeSutter in the Pentagon Com-
mand Post.
Sighting was at Bunker Hill AFB, Ind., and was observed by Control Tower
personnel. Sighting was at Approximately 1600 hrS., XKXZXXXXXX EST, 13
Sept. 59, and control tower personnel observed it for about 3 hours.
Fighters were sent to intercept UrO. They went up to 38,oooft. and still
could not reach it. Estimated tude was 55 60,000 ft.
Maj. Friend was called at 2030 and in the
merning, Monday 14 Sept 59,
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UNCLASS FROM 3E5DCOI 9-0427. SECTION ONE OF TWO
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EB 58. SI (U) FO. FO. 386865 386861
REFERENCE AFR 2DD-2, DTD REFERENCE AFR 2DZ-2, DTD C C
A. DESCRIPTION'OF THE A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT(S):
(1) PEAR SHAPE −
(2) ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN THE SIZE THE SIZE A DIME AND AN DIME AND AN ORANGE
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HELD AT ARM'S LENGTH.
(3) COLORS VARIED WHITE, CREAM AND METALLIC. METALLIC. J J
(4) ONE.
(5) N/A.
HAD SOMETHING TRAILING UNDER IT, FROM SERVATION
(6) OBJECT
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OF T-33 PILOT. C
(7) 1/A
(6) N/A −
(9) N/A —
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT(S):
(1) CIVILIAN PILOT ON COURSE TO INDIANA REPORTED AN C
OBJECT AT A HIGH ALTITUDE NORTH OF BUNKER HILL AFB TO THE BUNKER HILL
AFB CONTROL TONER.
(2) AFTER THE CIVILIAN'S REPORT THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED WAS SIENTED (
BY THE CONTROL TOWER, BEARING 340 DEGREES AN ANGLE C
BETWEEN 35-55 DEGREES.
(3) ANGLE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT DUSK AND WAS APPROXIMATELY C
SOUTHWEST OF BASE.
(4) THE GENERAL OPINION OF OBSERVERS WAS THAT OBJECT MOVED
FROM NORTH TO SOUTHWEST RISING SLIGHTLY• (
(5) OBJECT WAS SEEN UNTIL DUSK AT WHICH TIME IT BECAME (
INDISTINGUISHABLE.
(6) OBJECT WAS FIRST SEEN BY BASE PERSONNEL APPROXIMATELY · (6) OBJECT WAS FIRST SEEN BY BASE PERSONNEL APPROXIMATELY
1300Z - 1900Z• BELEIVED TO HAVE BEEN SIGHTED ABOUT 13 SEP/1530Z (
BY OTHER OBSERVERS BY OTHER OBSERVERS S OFF BASE. OBJECT WAS S OFF BASE. OBJECT I was WATCHED TILL DUSK. WATCHED TILL DUSK.
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APPROXIMATE HOURS_UNDER OBSERVATION NINE _AND ONE HALF.
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C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(1) GROUND VISUAL AND AIR VISUAL. (
(2) BINOCULARS (7X5D) WERE USED BY.TONER OPERATORS FOR
ORCERVATION. (

(3) BEECHCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER UNKNONN, 652D FEET, HEADING
LA PORTE, INDIANA VIA KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, INDIANA• T-33
AF-29732, SHOOTING GCA AT BUNKER HILL AFB• T-33 PROCEEDED TO
37,000 FEET• HOME BASE BELIEVED TO BE BAER FIELD, FORTWAYNE, IND.
EECH _BONANZA, 8D30 FEET, HEADING VALPARISO, INDIANA, $PEED APPROX-
IMATELY 140 MPH, HOME BASE KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, INDIANA•
NOONEY MARK 20A, SERIAL NUMBER 10S5C 8,200 FEET, HEADING VALPARISO
INDIANA, SPEED APPROXIMATELY 143 MPH, HOME BASE KOKOMO MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, INDIANA• CESSNA 172, 3,000 FEET ABOVE KOKONO MUNICIPAL (
AIRPORT, SPEED APPROXIMATELY MPH, HOME BASE KOKOMO MUNICIPAL
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AIRPORT, INDIANA.
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (
(1) 13/1500Z
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(2) DAY
E. ! LOCATION OF OBSERVERS:
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(1) BUNKER HILL AFB CONTROL TOWER. (
(2) BURROWS, INDIANA.
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(3) KOKOMO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
(4) L LOGANSPORT, INDIANA. (
F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS:
(1) LT (
BASIL ALLEN, 1 LOGANSPORT POL CE DEPARTMENT:
I.R R AON, AGE 3S, KOKONO, IND, OWNER (
OF A FROZEN CUSTARD DRIVE-IN.
. KOKOMO, IND. —
ONLaON MAT TRDART

KOKOMO, INDIANA•
NR. KENNETH DAVENPORT, AGE 53, 6J5 WEST STH ST., PERU, IND.
(2) SSGT RICHARD M. NORTHCUTT, AACS, BUNKER HILL AFB,
CONTROL T TOWER OPERATOR, GOOD.
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A2C ROLAND L. RUIZ, 1915TH AACS, BUNKER HILL AFB, CONTROL
TOWER OPERATOR, GOOD. −
AIRMAN ROLAND A GROOM, DET WEATHER SO, BUNKER HILL AFB (
WEATHER, GOOD.
SSGT WILFRED C. SHARP, DET 26 WEATHER SQ, BUNKER (
HILL AFB, WEATHER, GOOD.
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G WESTHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE AT TIME AND PLACE SIGHTINGS:
(1) CLEAR.
(2) REPORT FROM PEORIA, ILL AT 1700Z:
SURFACE/020/10K < V
6002/340/1 0K 6000/ 340/1 0K
10303/230/20K / C
16000/360/10K
22038/360/10K
30080/280/15K <
53330/280/25K (
8D033/UNKNOWN/UNKNCWN
(3) UNLIMITED.
(4) PLUS 15 MILES•
(5) NONE
(6) N/A C

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I• (1) T-33 SHOOTING GCA, BUNKER HILL AFB WAS ASKED BY CONTROL
TOWER TO INVESTIGATE THIS OBJECT. THIS AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO
37,000 FEE THE PILOT I STATED THAT OBJECT was S STILL WELL ABOVE
HIM.
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UNCLASS FROM:3Z5DCOI 9-0427. FINAL 92427. FINAL SECTION OF TWO TWO USAF ATTN AFCIN C
& SAFIS 2AF ATTN DI. & SAFIS 2AF ATTN DI.
(2) MOONEY AIRCRAFT AT 8,OO0 FEET PROCEEDI (2) MOONEY AIRCRAFT AT 8,000 FEET PROCEEDED TO 16.000 FEET AND
STATED THAT OBJECT WAS VERY HIGH. STATED THAT OBJECT WAS VERY HIGH. -
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K. INVESTIGATING OFFICER: CHIEF, OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE E BRANCH,
30S5TH BOMBARDMENT WING (M) (*:), CAPTAIN GEORGE R. VAN DYKE. " IT
IS MY OPINION AFTER CAREFUL STUDY AND ANALYSIS THAT THIS UFO WAS A
BALLOON; TYPE UNKNOWN. THE OBJECT WAT SIGHTED BY A GREAT MANY
PEOPLE, BOTH MILITARY AND D CIVILIAN. THE BATE I ISO IDD NOT RECEIVE
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