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Hamlet, Indiana, September 1954

Date of account
1954-09
Location
Hamlet, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 17 September 1954 Hamlet,Indiana 口 Was Balloon 口 ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visuai Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft AirVisual Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical nYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian ONo 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE R Other- Hoax 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Mr Hall of Hamlet,Ind found cigar shaped observation to be a hoax.Object made of aluminum, steel and contained radic eguip ,Hamlet,Ind.FBE ment. report received and is filed in the ATIC Security Office - ATII. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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