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Lafayette, Indiana, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Lafayette, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.·LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS August 1954 口 Was Balloon Lafayette, Indiana 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 WasAircraft Locoi Ground-Radar 口 Probably'Aircraft Not Given D AinVisual Air-intorcopt Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical &Yos PHYSICAL SPECIMEN 口 Probably Astronomical ONo CIVILIAN 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknawn NJ 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object3"highby 4"1ongby 2"wide.Object Both the commmn appearance and the composed of small pieces of metal fused to- analysis of these sanples strongly gether. (Submitted by Leonam H Stringfield) suggest that they have come from the bin of either a steel mill or steel foundry 7-3745-432 where chromium in thi

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