PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1."DATETIME GROUP LOCATION
22 July 1966 23/03102 Kokomo, Indiana (12 Witnesses)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilians Other (REFLECTION FRON GROUND LIGHTS) (JAH) Other (REFLECTION FROM GROUND LIGHTS) (JAH)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Varied Varied
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF AND ANALYSIS
50 Minutes
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEE CASE FIIE SEE CASE FIIE
TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
Southward LT
8. PHOTOS
Yes
aCXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
CXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlous editions of thle form may bo used.

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Report on UFO Investigation, Kokomo, Indiana, 7/24/66
Investigator: W. T. Powers
General Summary:
Between the hours of about 22l0 and 2300, Friday, July 22, 1966, oval
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Some of the lights moved, some
white, were oval in shape,.and shaded off to darkness the edges 'like a
flashlight seen in fog."
A total of twelve witnesses gave accounts of the lights; the longest
others were uncertain, although their impression had been that the night was
overcest.
Results from Interviews
lst Interview:
Department; Mrs.
At about 22:05, Mr. received a radio call that inmates
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the car and saw lights directly overira.
He is positive that there were six lights. The lights were oval, like an

Mr. dtat  was at that time located at 200 south and 300 west on the
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point, which is in the city near its center.
Mr. arrived about five minutes after the call came in, and
slowly; he decided to follow them. He drove south on 30o West (Malfalfa Road)
headlights off. He got out of the car and watched the lights in the sky for
what he was doing. Dieterly said he was watching "the objects in the sky,"
which the ladies had not yet seen. The ladies turned their headlights off
and got out to watch, too.
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about one-third of the width. The pattern of movement within this area
consisted of rapid dartings and "chasing" motions; at one point, one witness consisted of rapid dartings and "chasing" motions; at one point, one witness
roma thom. whilotwo to the
and two others to the right went around each other in circles. Picture 1

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illustrates the configuration. The lights seemed, on recollection and by experi-
spots were not from searchlights for several reasons:
that the movements were as
No ravs of one
which the lights went; the general implication was that the source would have
to be in open country.
4The lights were too bright to have been produced by anything smaller
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a halo of brightness around the area of the were illuminat-
ing nearby haze.
for a searchlight to play on. for a searchlight to play on.
where they were parked.
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Dieterly, at 2 appr hours.
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witnesses.
and they said emphatically that they did not. On being asked whether a light
this had happened repeatedly. The deputy chief said that they would move in.
a curved path like the wheel of taking
then circular again. then circular again.
- have you ever talked to him? (No) He is the most interesting person.! I - have you (No) He is the most interesting person.
just love to hear him talk. Especially when he has actually seen them."
Mr. Dieterly repeated several times that there were definitely six of

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Third Interview: Mr. and Mrs Third Interview: N Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mr
about a thirty degree arc and remaining generally -
above the horizon. They thought the lights were spotlights, but had evidently above the horizon.
been talked to a bit, since they added that the lights seemed "under" the clouds

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not on their bases. They were positive that there were clouds, and could not be
shaken into saying that the night was clear; in fact, they pointed to heavy cumulus
and said that the cloud cover was dense, like that.
Added Information
According to the Indianapolis weather bureau, the cloud cover at 2155 was
later at Kokomo.
The layer at l6ooo feet would be intercepted by a horizontal beam of
conclude that (1) the searchlights were aimed through holes in the lower layer
forty miles, (they could have been as close as 30 miles), or (3) the witnesses
underestimated the size. underestimated the size.
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three-tenths at 16,000 feet, while it began at five-tenths at 20,000 feet

thirteen mile figure from the triangulation on the baseline to Russiaville,
which was determined for a later time.
y between the
lights about
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overhead.
The extremely fast motions seen by the observers are easy to understand
been four to ten times as great as been four to ten times as great as the actual
lights, due to the great difference lights, due to the great difference between the angle of throw and the distance between the angle throw and the distance
of observation.
also characteristic of f the blue-white light from a carbon arc source.
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The oval shape of the lights is due to the angles of incidence and
observation.
The failure to see beams coming up from the ground was due to the fact
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and from scattering of light over small angles by the atmosphere. and from scattering of light over small angles by the atmosphere.
There seems to be no reason to assume that the source was to be no reason to assume that the source was other than other than
the searchlights in Indianapolis. the searchlights s in Indianapolis.
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