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TACTICS: Moved North very slowly from an azimuth of 270° to an azimuth of 360° (moved 90° in azimuth) and disappeared behind some trees. COMMENT: The object described by the witnesses was similar to a description of a fireball, except that its duration was much too long and the forward projected light rays are not components of a fireball. unknown. (wife). ALTITUDE: Appeared at about 15° above horizon and disappeared about 30° above horizon (metallurgist); 50° above horizon (wife). SHAPE: Spheroidal with light rays projecting ahead of it. DIMENSIONS: About the size of a grapefruit SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: About 20° above the horizon. SPEED: So slow that at first the object seemed to be stationary. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: March 23, 1960 at about 3:35 A.M./Indianapolis, Indiana. DURATION: About 10 minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Two. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Housewife and her husband, a metallurgist NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: That of the metallurgist should be good to excellent; wife's reliability is SHAPE: Contour of an old-fashioned kite with cross-sticks (metallurgist); "kind of comet-shaped" DIMENSIONS: About the size of the morning star (probably Venus in size), or larger (wife); 75 feet in diameter (metallurgist). COLOR: Golden to orange. SOUND: None.