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Washington, Indiana, April 1952

Date of account
1952-04
Location
Washington, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT.10073RECORD CARD 1.CATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Washington,Indiana 1Anrt152 口 Was Bolloon 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFO3SERVATION 1825 CST Ground-Visual WasAircrof! Locai DGround-Rodor 口 ProbobtyAircroft C 2425 CST Air-Visual O Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Wos Astronomicol DYes Probably Astronomicol XrNO 3 male civilians 口 Possibiy Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. K Insufficiont Dato for Evoluation .4minutes 1 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Gray color with deep orange tail. Object first observed near setting sun. Spherical tail.1 Made45 deg turn. Came tovard observers thnveered off to Too slow for meteor.P Background 95 deg heading. Had long tail then of eources eketchy,report wao phoncd to varied in size. Atterbury AFB. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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