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Hobart, Indiana, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
Hobart, Indiana
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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1.DATE·TIME GROUP 2.LOCATION 7August 5507/1700z Hobart, Indiana 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Civilian INSUFFICIENT DAZA FOR EVALUATION 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Silver colored ball high in air.loved aiouud in field of Not Reported Binoculars. Criss cro ss motion going around and around. 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION COMSNrS:Viewed through Binoculars. Motion similar to a kite Ground-Visual(Bx) or other object attached to a string.Description similer to a 7.COURSE balloon.No attanpt to get feel of how far object was from observer.No additional details reported when viewed throuh Bx Erratic and winen observed with naked eye. Duration mamner of disappearane 8.PHOTOS omitted.Report lO yrs old.No effort to identify at this late date. Likely a balloon sighting. Cese carried as insuffieient DY data. 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Ys JAXNO FORM FTD SEP 63 0329 (TDE)Pnvl

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