PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8724618

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1964

REPORTED LOCATIONElkhart Indiana

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
about 1 Jun 64
(between 28 May 64 and 4 Jun64) Elkhart, Indiana 0 Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. 0 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
2100 a Was Aircraft
Local xGround-Vi sual Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
GMT AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radqr 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS b. SOURCE Was Astronoinical Meteor
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
0 civilian Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF CBSERYATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Othar.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
flash --/03002 Unknown
one level
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Flash of lizht described as a ball of fire Probable meteor observation. Date not
observed from car. bj came f from behind one known for correlatin with other
house and disapeared behind another. Made sightings.
wide path of light. Clear starry night. No wide path or light. Clear starry night. No
sound. sound.
5
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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Later we did find a patoh af dry, brow grass a little larger
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